Opinion
No. 08-16-00015-CV
04-06-2016
JOHNATHAN ERIC VENABLE, Appellant, v. CARYN ELIZABETH VENABLE, Appellee.
Appeal from County Court at Law No. 3 of Williamson County, Texas (TC # 15-2005-FC3) MEMORANDUM OPINION
This appeal is before the Court on its own motion to determine whether it should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Finding that the trial court has not entered a final judgment or appealable order, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
It is well settled that appellate courts have jurisdiction over final judgments and interlocutory orders made appealable by statute. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corporation, 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001); TEX.CIV.PRAC.&REM.CODE ANN. § 51.014 (West 2015)(authorizing appeals from certain interlocutory orders). A final judgment is one that disposes of all pending parties and claims. See Lehmann, 39 S.W.3d at 195. Appellant filed a pro se notice of appeal indicating that he is appealing a final judgment entered on November 30, 2015, but it appears that the trial court has not yet entered a judgment. The clerk's record was filed on February 2, 2016, but it does not contain a final judgment or an appealable interlocutory order.
The Court notified Appellant on February 8, 2016 that it intended to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the record does not include a final judgment or appealable order. Appellant has not filed any response. We therefore dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. April 6, 2016
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, and Hughes, JJ.