in the Interest of H.L., a Child ( 2020 )

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
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No. 02-20-00326-CV
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IN THE INTEREST OF H.L., A CHILD
On Appeal from the 324th District Court
Tarrant County, Texas
Trial Court No. 324-595838-16
Before Sudderth, C.J.; Womack and Wallach, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Womack
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellants filed an “Emergency Notice of Appeal” on October 20, 2020, in
which they state that they are appealing the trial court’s denial of their petition for writ
of habeas corpus. We sent Appellants a letter on October 27, 2020, noting our
concern that we may not have jurisdiction over this appeal because the trial court
clerk had informed this court that the trial judge has not signed an order in this case
and that it appears there are no final judgments or orders subject to appeal. See Tex.
R. App. P. 26.1(a). In the letter, we informed Appellants that they had until
November 16, 2020, to furnish this court with a signed copy of the order they seek to
appeal. We also advised Appellants that if no order had been signed and furnished to
this court by November 16, 2020, this appeal would be dismissed for want of
jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f). Although Appellants filed a response
to our letter, they have not furnished this court a signed copy of the order they seek to
appeal, nor have they showed grounds for jurisdiction. Because we have no
jurisdiction to address Appellants’ appeal, we dismiss the appeal for want of
jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1 (providing for filing of notice of appeal from
date that judgment or order is “signed”), 43.2(f), 44.3; see also Sammour v. Fed. Gov’t,
No. 02-20-00268-CV, 2020 WL 6601596, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Nov. 12,
2020, no pet. h.) (mem. op.) (“There is no signed order or judgment in this case. We
therefore dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.”).
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/s/ Dana Womack
Dana Womack
Justice
Delivered: December 17, 2020
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