in the Interest of M.J.Y, E.T.Y, B.C.Y., V.C.Y., E.G.Y., R.F.Y., S.R.Y., D.A.Y., A.A.Y., X.I.Y., Children ( 2021 )

DISMISS and Opinion Filed April 15, 2021
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-21-00017-CV
IN THE INTEREST OF M.J.Y, E.T.Y, B.C.Y., V.C.Y., E.G.Y., R.F.Y., S.R.Y.,
D.A.Y., A.A.Y., AND X.I.Y., CHILDREN
On Appeal from the 296th Judicial District Court
Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 296-52069-2020
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Molberg, Goldstein, and Smith
Opinion by Justice Goldstein
Appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal challenging the trial court’s decision
to deny appellant’s request for court-appointed counsel. We notified appellant that
it did not appear he was attempting to appeal from a final or otherwise appealable
order, and we requested appellant to file a response showing grounds to continue
this appeal. Appellant failed to respond to our request.
A party may only appeal from a final judgment or an interlocutory order
specifically made appealable by statute or rule. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39
S.W.3d 191, 195 & n.12 (Tex. 2001); see e.g. TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE §
51.014 (listing appealable interlocutory orders). The denial of a request for court-
appointed counsel is not a final judgment nor an appealable interlocutory order.
Matter of Marriage of Hernandez and McCreary, No. 12-17-00397-CV, 2018 WL
524864, *2 (Tex. App—Tyler Jan. 24, 2018, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op.);
Hernandez v. Williams, 02-09-00220-CV, 2009 WL 2579578, at*1 (Tex. App—Fort
Worth Aug. 20, 2009, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op.).
Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP.
P. 42.3(a), 42.2(f); Hernandez, 2018 WL 524864 at * 2; Hernandez, 2009 WL
2579578 at * 1.
/Bonnie Lee Goldstein/
BONNIE LEE GOLDSTEIN
JUSTICE
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
JUDGMENT
IN THE INTEREST OF M.J.Y, On Appeal from the 296th Judicial
E.T.Y, B.C.Y., V.C.Y., E.G.Y., District Court, Collin County, Texas
R.F.Y., S.R.Y., D.A.Y., A.A.Y., and Trial Court Cause No. 296-52069-
X.I.Y., CHILDREN 2020.
Opinion delivered by Justice
No. 05-21-00017-CV Goldstein. Justices Molberg and
Smith participating.
In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, this appeal is
DISMISSED.
Judgment entered April 15, 2021
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