Opinion
04-23-00617-CV
06-28-2023
IN THE INTEREST OF D. C. N., a Child
From the 438th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2021-PA-00502 Honorable Martha B. Tanner, Judge Presiding
ORDER
PER CURIAM
On June 23, 2023, appellant filed a notice of appeal stating her intent to appeal a final decree of termination or conservatorship signed on June 6, 2023. The clerk's record was filed on June 27, 2023. 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 July 10, 2023 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