DocketNumber: 04-21-00373-CV
Filed Date: 9/29/2021
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 10/5/2021
Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas September 29, 2021 No. 04-21-00373-CV IN THE INTEREST OF L.G.V., A.J.G.V. AND M.A.G.V., CHILDREN From the 408th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2020PA02329 Honorable Cynthia Marie Chapa, Judge Presiding ORDER On September 3, 2021, appellant filed a notice of appeal stating her intent to appeal a final decree of termination signed on July 21, 2021. The clerk’s record was filed on September 8, 2021. Although the clerk’s record contains the judge’s notes, the clerk’s record did not contain an order terminating appellant’s parental rights. See In re L.H., No. 04-13-00174-CV,2013 WL 3804585
, at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio July 17, 2013, no pet.) (noting judge’s notes do not constitute a final order) (mem. op.). In response to this court’s inquiry, the trial court clerk confirmed the trial court has not signed a final order. “[A]n appeal may be prosecuted only from a final judgment.” N.E. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Aldridge,400 S.W.2d 893
, 895 (Tex. 1966). Because no final order has been entered in the underlying case, appellant is ORDERED to show cause in writing no later than October 11, 2021 why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. _________________________________ Lori I. Valenzuela, Justice IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 29th day of September, 2021. ___________________________________ Michael A. Cruz, Clerk of Court