Opinion
04-21-00373-CV
09-29-2021
IN THE INTEREST OF L.G.V., A.J.G.V. AND M.A.G.V., CHILDREN
From the 408th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2020PA02329 Honorable Cynthia Marie Chapa, Judge Presiding
ORDER
LORI I. VALENZUELA, JUSTICE
On September 3, 2021, appellant filed a notice of appeal stating her intent to appeal a final decree of termination signed on July 21, 2021. The clerk's record was filed on September 8, 2021. Although the clerk's record contains the judge's notes, the clerk's record did 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.) (noting judge's notes do not constitute a final order) (mem. op.). 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." N.E. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Aldridge, 400 S.W.2d 893, 895 (Tex. 1966). Because no final order has been entered in the underlying case, appellant is ORDERED to show cause in writing no later than October 11, 2021 why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.