In the Interest of A.A., a Child. v. << (2015)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This appeal is before the Court to determine whether it should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.   After the notice of appeal was filed, the trial court entered an order setting aside its judgment of June 4, 2015 and granting a motion for new trial.   On June 16, 2015, the Court provided notice to the parties of its intent to dismiss the appeal as moot because the trial court had set aside the judgment and ordered a new trial.   See Tex.R.App.P. 42.3.   We have not received any response to the inquiry.

It is well established that a court is prohibited from deciding moot controversies.  National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Jones, 1 S.W.3d 83, 86 (Tex.1999).   A case is moot if a justiciable controversy ceases to exist at any stage of the legal proceedings, including the appeal.  In re Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., 166 S.W.3d 732, 737 (Tex.2005).   The trial court's order granting the motion for new trial has rendered this appeal moot.   Consequently, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice