Opinion
05-21-01047-CV
03-01-2022
IN THE INTEREST OF A.G. AND V.G., CHILDREN
On Appeal from the 469th Judicial District Court Collin County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 469-52594-2016
Before Justices Schenck, Molberg, and Pedersen, III
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BILL PEDERSEN, III, JUSTICE
This appeal challenges the trial court's interlocutory orders denying appellant's special appearance and second motion to transfer venue filed in connection with a petition to modify the parent-child relationship. It is well-settled, however, that interlocutory orders are appealable only if authorized by statute. See Jack B. Anglin Co., Inc. v. Tipps, 842 S.W.2d 266, 272 (Tex. 1992). Interlocutory appeals from a special appearance order in a suit brought under the family code and an order refusing to transfer a suit affecting parent-child relationship are specifically prohibited. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(7) (special appearance); Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 155.204(h) (transfer). In response to our request for jurisdictional briefing, the parties do not dispute the orders are not appealable. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).
Appellant asserts we have mandamus jurisdiction over the orders, and we have construed an emergency motion filed in this appeal after we questioned our jurisdiction as a petition for writ of mandamus. The petition has been assigned appellate cause number 05-22-00077-CV.
JUDGMENT
In accordance with this Court's opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal.
Judgment entered.