CHAPTER 12 - 12-10 Challenging Orders Under Texas Rule 204

• Jurisdiction: United States

12-10 Challenging Orders Under Texas Rule 204

An order granting or denying a physical or mental examination is an interlocutory one that, generally, cannot be appealed.¹²⁰ Such an order generally is reviewable pursuant to writ of mandamus.¹²¹

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^[120] Triplett v. Greenway, No. 03-00-00363-CV, 2000 Tex. App. LEXIS 4000, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin June 15, 2000, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op.) ("Triplett has filed her interlocutory appeal from a trial court order denying her motion to compel plaintiff in the underlying suit to submit to a mental examination. Such a discovery order is interlocutory and not immediately appealable in the absence of express statutory authority."); Barnett v. Tankersley, No. A14-85-591-CV, 1985 Tex. App. LEXIS 12073, at *2 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Aug. 29, 1985, no writ) (not designated for publication) (same).

^[121] In re H.E.B. Grocery Co., 492 S.W.3d 300, 304 (Tex. 2016) (orig. proceeding) (per curiam); In re Evans, No. 03-20-00532-CV, 2021 Tex. App. LEXIS 637, at *19, 2021 WL 278944 (Tex. App.—Austin Jan. 28, 2021) (mem. op.)...