in the Interest of L.K.E. and L.E. ( 2017 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-17-00376-CV
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IN THE INTEREST OF L.K.E. AND L.E.
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On Appeal from the 258th District Court
San Jacinto County, Texas
Trial Cause No. DV13,808
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Darrell Edmond and Celeste Edmond filed a notice of appeal for an
interlocutory appeal. We notified the parties that information from the District Clerk
indicated that no appealable order or judgment had been signed and that our
jurisdiction was not apparent from the notice of appeal. In response, Appellants
informed the Court that they are appealing the trial court’s order of August 25, 2017,
vacating a temporary protective order entered on August 17, 2017.
“A protective order rendered against a party in a suit affecting the parent-child
relationship may not be appealed until the time an order providing for support of the
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child or possession of or access to the child becomes a final, appealable order.” Tex.
Fam. Code Ann. § 81.009(c) (West 2014). Appellants do not contend that a final
order has been signed. Furthermore, a notice of appeal filed on October 6, 2017,
would have been filed too late to perfect an accelerated appeal of an order signed on
August 25, 2017. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(b). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal
for lack of jurisdiction.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
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CHARLES KREGER
Justice
Submitted on November 21, 2017
Opinion Delivered November 22, 2017
Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.
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