Court Opinion

ID: 3099158
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Date Created: 2015-10-16 04:56:18.22215+00
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NUMBER 13-11-00526-CV

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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             IN THE INTEREST OF M. S. G., A CHILD
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              On Appeal from the 156th District Court
                  of San Patricio County, Texas.
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION
       Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and Benavides
                     Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, Kevin Michael Garcia, attempts to appeal a judgment of contempt

entered against him on January 26, 2011. This court does not have jurisdiction to review

contempt orders by direct appeal. See Norman v. Norman, 692 S.W.2d 655, 655 (Tex.

1985); Tracy v. Tracy, 219 S.W.3d 527, 530 (Tex. App.BDallas 2007, no pet.). Contempt

orders may be reviewed only by an application for a writ of habeas corpus, if the

contemnor has been confined, or by a petition for a writ of mandamus, if the contemnor
has not been confined. See Rosser v. Squier, 902 S.W.2d 962, 962 (Tex. 1995); Ex

parte Williams, 690 S.W.2d 243, 243 (Tex. 1985); Tracy, 219 S.W.3d at 290.

      The Court, having examined and fully considered the documents on file, is of the

opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Accordingly, the

appeal is hereby DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION. See TEX. R. APP. P.

42.3(a), (c).   All pending motions are likewise DISMISSED FOR WANT OF

JURISDICTION.

                                              PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the
10th day of November, 2011.

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