in the Interest of J.W., a Child ( 2022 )

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
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No. 02-22-00357-CV
No. 02-22-00360-CV
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IN THE INTEREST OF J.W., A CHILD
On Appeal from the 442nd District Court
Denton County, Texas
Trial Court Nos. 20-6433-442, 21-5531-442
Before Sudderth, C.J.; Kerr and Walker, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Walker
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellants Enos and Katherine Hershberger seek to appeal the trial court’s
order denying their motion to waive consent and residency requirements in a petition
for adoption (Order). Concerned that this Order was not final or appealable, the
clerk of this court notified Appellants on September 19, 2022, that, unless they or any
party desiring to continue the appeals filed, on or before September 29, 2022, a
response showing grounds for continuing the appeals, they could be dismissed for
want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 44.3. In response, Appellant’s
attorney stated that “[i]t appears to [him] that the Court’s concern that the order
appealed from [is] not final is well-founded. It also appears to [him] that the order is
interlocutory.”
Appeals may be taken only from final judgments or as expressly allowed by
statute. Indus. Specialists, LLC v. Blanchard Ref. Co., No. 20-0174, 2022 WL 2082236,
at *2 (Tex. June 10, 2022); see Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014. Having
not received an order from which an appeal may be taken in this case, we dismiss the
appeals for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).
/s/ Brian Walker
Brian Walker
Justice
Delivered: October 13, 2022
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