in the Interest of L.G. ( 2015 )


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  •                                       In The
    Court of Appeals
    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
    ____________________
    NO. 09-15-00115-CV
    ____________________
    IN THE INTEREST OF L.G.
    _______________________________________________________             ______________
    On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 3
    Montgomery County, Texas
    Trial Cause No. 12-11-12087 CV
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    MEMORANDUM OPINION
    E.W., the father of L.G., a minor child, filed a notice of appeal from the trial
    court’s order of March 31, 2015, which approved L.G.’s removal from his
    placement in Arizona under the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
    and approved L.G.’s placement by the Texas Department of Family and Protective
    Services in Texas. See generally Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 162.102 (West 2014) (the
    Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, or “ICPC”). At all times relevant
    to this appeal, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has been
    the child’s permanent managing conservator. In general, incidental orders signed
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    after the Department has been appointed as a child’s permanent managing
    conservator are not appealable as final orders. See In re H.M.C., No. 10-14-00059-
    CV, 
    2014 WL 2463079
    , at *1 (Tex. App.—Waco Mar. 20, 2014, no pet.) (mem.
    op.); In re A.J., No. 02-11-00442-CV, 
    2012 WL 171262
    , at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort
    Worth Jan. 19, 2012, no pet.) (mem. op.) (permanency hearing orders). We notified
    the parties that the appeal would be dismissed unless our jurisdiction over the
    appeal could be established. After reviewing the parties’ responses, the clerk’s
    record, and the reporter’s record of the hearing on the Department’s motion, we
    conclude that the trial court’s March 31, 2015 order is not a final order from which
    an appeal is authorized. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
    APPEAL DISMISSED.
    ________________________________
    HOLLIS HORTON
    Justice
    Submitted on May 20, 2015
    Opinion Delivered May 21, 2015
    Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 09-15-00115-CV

Filed Date: 5/21/2015

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 4/17/2021