in the Interest of A.R.A. and O.A., Children ( 2014 )

COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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No. 08-14-00220-CV
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IN THE INTEREST OF Appeal from
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A.R.A. AND O.A., CHILDREN. 383rd District Court
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of El Paso County, Texas
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(TC # 2010CM8846)
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant, Dr. Manuel Aranda, Jr., has filed a motion to dismiss this appeal because the
trial court has entered an agreed order vacating the award of interim attorney’s fees. Courts do
not have jurisdiction to provide advisory opinions, or to decide cases on hypothetical or
contingent facts. Valley Baptist Medical Center v. Gonzalez, 33 S.W.3d 821, 822 (Tex. 2000);
Beltran v. Beltran, 324 S.W.3d 107, 110 (Tex.App.--El Paso 2010, no pet.). The mootness
doctrine precludes a court from rendering an advisory opinion. Camarena v. Texas Employment
Commission, 754 S.W.2d 149, 151 (Tex. 1988); Beltran, 324 S.W.3d at 110. A case is rendered
moot when: (1) it appears that a party seeks to obtain a judgment upon some controversy, when
in reality none exists; or (2) a party seeks a judgment upon some matter which cannot have a
practical legal effect upon a then existing controversy. Beltran, 324 S.W.3d at 110. The parties’
resolution of the dispute between them and the trial court’s entry of the agreed order vacating the
award of attorney’s fees has rendered this appeal moot. Accordingly, we grant Appellant’s
motion and dismiss the appeal as moot.
August 13, 2014
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice
Before McClure, C.J., Rivera, and Rodriguez, JJ.
Rivera, J., not participating
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