Court Opinion

ID: 9927804
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Date Created: 2024-01-30 12:08:14.691658+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:26:03.566826
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                     NO. 03-23-00502-CV

                               Logan Adrian Howell, Appellant

                                                v.

                               Kaitlin Waltrip-Howell, Appellee

                FROM THE 353RD DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
        NO. D-1-FM-20-003559, THE HONORABLE JAN SOIFER, JUDGE PRESIDING

                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

               Appellant Logan Adrian Howell filed a notice of appeal challenging the trial

court’s August 2, 2023 “Order of Enforcement by Contempt and Suspension of Commitment,”

which granted appellee Kaitlin Waltrip-Howell’s “First Amended Petition for Contempt and

Enforcement.” Upon initial review, the Clerk of this Court sent Howell a letter informing him

that this Court appears to lack jurisdiction over this appeal because we lack jurisdiction over

appeals from contempt judgments. See Cadle Co. v. Lobingier, 50 S.W.3d 662, 671 (Tex.

App.—Fort Worth 2001, pet. denied) (“A contempt judgment is reviewable only via a petition

for writ of habeas corpus (if the contemnor is confined) or a petition for writ of mandamus (if no

confinement is involved).”). Decisions in contempt proceedings cannot be reviewed on appeal

because contempt orders are not appealable, even when appealed along with a judgment that is

appealable. Id.
               The Clerk requested a response on or before January 18, 2024, informing this

Court of any basis that exists for jurisdiction. To date, no response has been filed.

               Accordingly, for the reasons explained above, we dismiss the appeal for want of

jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).

                                              __________________________________________
                                              Gisela D. Triana, Justice

Before Justices Baker, Triana, and Kelly

Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction

Filed: January 26, 2024

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