Opinion
04-23-01103-CV
01-09-2024
IN THE INTEREST OF E.S., Child
From the 224th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2023PA00055 Honorable Kimberly Burley, Judge Presiding
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
On December 26, 2023, appellant filed a notice of appeal stating her intent to appeal "the order of termination or conservatorship, signed on or about December 13, 2023[.]" The clerk's record was filed on January 5, 2024. Although the clerk's record contains the judge's notes, the clerk's record does 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.) (mem. op.) (noting judge's notes do not constitute a final order). 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." Ne. Indep. Sch Dist. v. Aldridge, 400 S.W.2d 893, 895 (Tex. 1966). Because no final order has been entered in the underlying case, we ORDER appellant to show cause in writing by January 19, 2024 why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. If appellant fails to satisfactorily respond within the time provided, the appeal will be dismissed. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c). If a supplemental clerk's record is required to establish this court's jurisdiction, appellant must ask the trial court clerk to prepare one and must notify the clerk of this court that such a request was made. All deadlines in this matter are suspended until further order of the court.
It is so ORDERED.