in the Interest of K. S. R. W. and D. D. W. III, Children ( 2017 )

COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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IN THE INTEREST OF No. 08-17-00211-CV
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K.S.R.W. AND D.D.W., III, Appeal from the
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CHILDREN 383rd District Court
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of El Paso County, Texas
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(TC# 2017DCM5649)
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Deon Demitrius Wilson, Jr., pro se, and Selina Rae Vasquez, pro se, filed notices of appeal.
The notices of appeal do not state the date of the judgment or appealable order they are seeking to
challenge. See Tex.R.App.P. 25.1(d)(2). The District Clerk’s docketing certificate reflects that
the trial court has not entered a final judgment or appealable order. We dismiss the appeal for lack
of jurisdiction.
It is well settled that appellate courts have jurisdiction over final judgments and
interlocutory orders made appealable by statute. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corporation, 39 S.W.3d
191, 195 (Tex. 2001); Tex.Civ.Prac.&Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014 (West Supp. 2017)(authorizing
appeals from certain interlocutory orders). The Clerk of the Court sent Appellant Deon Demitrius
Wilson, Jr. notice that the Court intended to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because
there is no final judgment or appealable order unless he responded within ten days and established
grounds for the appeal to continue. See Tex.R.App.P. 42.3(a). Wilson has not filed any response
to the Court’s inquiry. The Clerk of the Court was unable to send notice of intent to dismiss to
Appellant Selina Rae Vasquez because the District Clerk does not have Vasquez’s address and
Vasquez’s notice of appeal does not include her mailing address or email. Under these
circumstances, we will apply Rule 2 and suspend Rule 42.3’s requirement that notice be given to
Vasquez of the Court’s intent to dismiss her appeal. See Tex.R.App.P. 2; Tex.R.App.P. 42.3.
Finding that there is no final judgment or appealable order, we dismiss the appeal.
November 8, 2017
YVONNE T. RODRIGUEZ, Justice
Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, and Palafox, JJ.
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