Opinion
No. 04-13-00174-CV
06-13-2013
IN THE INTEREST OF I.M.B. ET AL CHILDREN
From the 45th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2009-PA-00997
Honorable Dick Alcala, Judge Presiding
ORDER
On March 6, 2013, appellant filed a notice of appeal stating that he intends to appeal the final order of termination rendered on February 21, 2013, by Judge Dick Alcala. The clerk's record, however, does not contain a final order terminating appellant's parental rights. There is a document called "Judge's Notes," dated February 19, 2013, on which the trial court made the following handwritten notations:
Hearing held. Termination ordered of parental rights existing between children and respondent parents. Found to be in children's best interest.A judge's handwritten notes are for his or her own convenience and form no part of the record. In re A.W., 384 S.W.3d 872, 873 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2012, no pet.). Thus, the judge's notes contained in the clerk's record do not constitute a final order. See In re A.W., 384 S.W.3d at 873-74 (explaining that the handwritten "Associate Judge's Report and Order" was distinguishable from handwritten judge's notes and thus constituted a final order of termination in that case).
It therefore appears that this appeal is interlocutory and that we do not have jurisdiction over this appeal. We ORDER appellant to show cause in writing by June 28, 2013 why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. We suspend all appellate deadlines pending our determination of whether we have jurisdiction over this appeal.
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Karen Angelini, Justice
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 13th day of June, 2013.
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Keith E. Hottle
Clerk of Court