Karia Ruth Hill v. Carlos Lievanos

COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
KARIA RUTH HILL, § No. 08-23-00151-CV
Appellants, § Appeal from the
v. § County Court at Law No. 3
CARLOS LIEVANOS, § of El Paso County, Texas
Appellee. § (TC# 2023CCV00090)
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This appeal is before the Court on Appellee’s motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction.
Finding that the trial court’s June 2, 2023 modified order is not appealable, we grant Appellee’s
motion and dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
Generally, appellate courts have jurisdiction over final judgments (as well interlocutory
orders made appealable by statute, which is not the case here). See Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39
S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001); TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014 (authorizing appeals
from certain interlocutory orders). A final judgment is one that disposes of all pending parties and
claims. Lehmann, 39 S.W.3d at 195. Because the trial court’s modified order in this case does not
dispose of attorney’s fees, past-due rent amounts, or post-judgment interests, the judgment is not
final or appealable. Accordingly, we grant Appellee’s motion and dismiss for want of jurisdiction.
LISA J. SOTO, JUSTICE
June 30, 2023
Before Rodriguez, C.J., Palafox, and Soto, J.J.