In the Interest of B.J.D. v. << (2015)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On August 21, 2015, Leonard Joseph DeJean filed a notice of appeal from an order denying a motion for dismissal in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.   We notified the parties that our jurisdiction was not apparent from the notice of appeal and that the appeal would be dismissed for want of jurisdiction unless a response demonstrating this Court's jurisdiction was filed by September 16, 2015.   The appellant did not file a response.   The appellee did respond, informing the Court that the trial court's August 20, 2015 order is interlocutory, and requested that the appeal be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

Generally, an appeal may be taken only from a final judgment.  Lehmann v. Har–Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex.2001).   Interlocutory orders may be appealed only if a statute authorizes an accelerated appeal.  Bally Total Fitness Corp. v. Jackson, 53 S.W.3d 352, 352 (Tex.2001);  see Tex.R.App. P. 28.1.   The appellant has not filed a response showing that a judgment or an appealable order has been signed.   See Tex.R.App. P. 42.3.   We dismiss the appeal.   See Tex.R.App. P. 43.2(f).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

LEANNE JOHNSON, Justice