in the Matter of the Marriage of Dina Reyna and Timothy Teague ( 2021 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-21-00115-CV
IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF ANNA DINA REYNA AND
TIMOTHY MICHAEL TEAGUE AND IN THE INTEREST OF
O.M.T. AND T.Z.T., CHILDREN
On Appeal from the 46th District Court
Wilbarger County, Texas
Trial Court No. 29268, Honorable Dan Mike Bird, Presiding
June 10, 2021
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before QUINN, C.J., and PARKER and DOSS, JJ.
Appellant Timothy Michael Teague, proceeding pro se, appeals from the trial
court’s Temporary Orders issued in a pending divorce proceeding between Teague and
Appellee, Anna Dina Reyna. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
Generally, appellate courts only have jurisdiction over final judgments, those that
dispose of all pending parties and claims. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191,
195 (Tex. 2001). We have jurisdiction to consider immediate appeals of interlocutory
orders only if a statute explicitly provides appellate jurisdiction. Stary v. DeBord, 967
S.W.2d 352, 352–53 (Tex. 1998). A temporary order issued in a divorce proceeding is
neither a final judgment nor an interlocutory order made immediately appealable by
statute. See In re Marriage of Henry, No. 14-21-00080-CV, 2021 Tex. App. LEXIS 2388,
at *2 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Mar. 30, 2021, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op.)
(dismissing appeal from temporary orders issued in a divorce proceeding for want of
jurisdiction).
By letter of May 19, 2021, we notified Teague that it did not appear that a final
judgment or appealable order had been issued by the trial court and directed him to show
how we have jurisdiction over this appeal. Teague has filed a response but did not
demonstrate grounds for continuing the appeal.
Because Teague has not presented this Court with a final judgment or appealable
order, the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).
Per Curiam
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