






NUMBER 13-08-004-CV


COURT OF APPEALS


THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS


CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG 

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL S. MOSES

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On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2 

of Victoria County, Texas.

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MEMORANDUM OPINION

 
Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Benavides

Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

	Appellant, Stephen Moses, attempts to appeal a judgment of contempt entered
against him on December 17, 2007.  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.-Dallas 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). 
									PER CURIAM
Memorandum Opinion delivered and
filed this the 6th day of March, 2008. 



 
 
