MAGILL v. SHEFFIELD

No. 20735.

612 S.W.2d 677 (1981)

James B. MAGILL and in the Interest of David Michael Magill and James Mark Edward Magill, Children, Appellants, v. Beverly and Robert SHEFFIELD, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

February 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Brans, Dallas, for appellants.

John A. Willoughby, III, Mary-Anne York, Dallas, for appellees.

Before GUITTARD, C. J., and ROBERTSON and STEPHENS, JJ.


GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

This appeal was taken from an order overruling a plea of privilege in a proceeding for protective orders to prevent family violence, filed under title 4 of the Texas Family Code (Vernon Supp.1981). Appellees, who were applicants in the trial court, moved to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction on the ground that the order complained of is not appealable because of section 11.06(f) of the Code, which provides that orders refusing to...

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