DocketNumber: 14-14-00902-CV
Filed Date: 11/25/2014
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 11/26/2014
Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed November 25, 2014. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-14-00902-CV IN THE INTEREST OF D.M.M., A CHILD, Appellant On Appeal from the 246th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2013-75587 MEMORANDUM OPINION This is an attempted appeal from an order of transfer signed October 15, 2014. Generally, appeals may be taken only from final judgments. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp.,39 S.W.3d 191
, 195 (Tex. 2001). When orders do not dispose of all pending parties and claims, the orders remain interlocutory and unappealable until final judgment is entered unless a statutory exception applies. Bally Total Fitness Corp. v. Jackson,53 S.W.3d 352
, 352 (Tex. 2001); Jack B. Anglin Co., Inc. v. Tipps,842 S.W.2d 266
, 272 (Tex. 1992) (orig. proceeding). On November 10, 2014, notification was transmitted to the parties of this court’s intention to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction unless appellant filed a response demonstrating grounds for continuing the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a). Appellant filed a response in which he argues this court has jurisdiction because the trial court’s order transferring this case from the 246th District Court to the 308th District Court “effectively represents a denial of [appellant]’s Motion to Dismiss.” Even if we consider the trial court’s order as appellant suggests, this court does not have jurisdiction over the denial of a motion to dismiss under these circumstances. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014 (listing interlocutory orders that may be appealed). Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Boyce, Jamison, and Donovan. 2