Opinion
No. 09-09-00130-CV
Opinion Delivered May 14, 2009.
On Appeal from the 279th District Court, Jefferson County, Texas, Trial Cause No. F-205,665.
Before GAULTNEY, KREGER, and HORTON, JJ.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
We notified the parties that our jurisdiction was not apparent from the notice of appeal and that we would dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction unless we received a response showing grounds for continuing the appeal. The appellant did not file a response.
Appellant seeks to appeal the trial court's "First Amended Order For Protection of a Child In an Emergency and Notice of Hearing." Generally, only final judgments are appealable. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). Interlocutory orders are appealable only if a statute permits appeal. Bally Total Fitness Corp. v. Jackson, 53 S.W.3d 352, 352 (Tex. 2001). No statute provides for an interlocutory appeal of a temporary order such as the one at issue in this case. See Tex. Fam. Code § 262.112(b) (Vernon 2008) (providing for "an expedited appeal on a ruling by a court that the child may not be removed from the child's home."); see generally In the Interest of N.J.G., 980 S.W.2d 764, 767 (Tex.App. 1998, no pet.). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
APPEAL DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION.