Opinion
02-23-00464-CV
03-07-2024
In the Matter of J.S.
On Appeal from the 323rd District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 323-122045-23
Before Kerr, Birdwell, and Bassel, JJ.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Elizabeth Kerr Justice
On December 6, 2023, we received Appellant J.S.'s notice of appeal "from the trial court's Judgment dated November 30, 2023." See Tex.R.App.P. 25.1(e). On December 8, 2023, we sent the parties a letter informing them that we had received a copy of J.S.'s notice of appeal but that it appeared that the notice of appeal was premature because the trial court judge had not signed an order in this case. See Tex. R. App P. 26.1(a), 27.1(a). We allowed the parties a reasonable time to correct the defect in the record, giving them until December 18, 2023, to furnish us with a signed copy of the order that J.S. seeks to appeal. See Tex.R.App.P. 44.3, 44.4(a)(2). We stated that if no order was signed and furnished to us by that date, then this appeal would be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See Tex.R.App.P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).
The deadline has passed, and we have not received a signed copy of a final judgment or appealable order. We thus dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f); see also Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195, 200 (Tex. 2001) (holding that, generally, appeals may be taken only from final judgments or interlocutory orders authorized by statute).