Andres Terrazas, Appellant, v. Besai Terrazas, Appellee. (2015)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This appeal is before the Court on its own motion for determination of whether it should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.   On May 5, 2015, an associate judge entered a protective order against Appellant, Andres Terrazas.   Appellant did not waive his right to a de novo hearing before the referring court.   The following day, Appellant filed with the El Paso County District Clerk a notice of appeal and objections to the associate judge's findings and order.   The District Clerk forwarded the notice of appeal and a docketing certificate to this Court.   Appellant's attorney has since notified the Court that the notice of appeal should not have been filed in this Court because Appellant is appealing the associate judge's recommendation to the referring court, and he requests that we return the case to the district court.   This Court does not have jurisdiction to review the order of the associate judge when a party has timely requested a de novo hearing before the referring court.   See Tex.Fam.Code Ann. §§ 201.013(b), 201.014, 201.015 (West 2014).   Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

STEVEN L. HUGHES, Justice