TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-14-00176-CV
Anthony Leo Sheridan, Appellant
v.
The Office of the Attorney General, Appellee
FROM COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 4, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, NO. 12-0872-FC21
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Anthony Leo Sheridan appeals the trial court’s order adjudicating him in contempt
for failure to pay court-ordered child support. Generally, a contempt order is reviewable only by
a petition for writ of habeas corpus (if the person in contempt is confined) or a petition for
writ of mandamus (if no confinement is involved). Hutchins v. State, No. 12-09-00258-CV,
2010 Tex. App. LEXIS 6649, at *3 (Tex. App.—Tyler Aug. 18, 2010, no pet.) (mem. op.) (citing
In re Henry, 154 S.W.3d 594, 596 (Tex. 2005); Cadle Co. v. Lobingier, 50 S.W.3d 662, 671 (Tex.
App.—Fort Worth 2001, pet. denied) (citing In re Long, 984 S.W.2d 623, 625 (Tex. 1999) (orig.
proceeding))). Appellate courts do not have jurisdiction to review contempt orders on direct appeal.
1
This appeal challenges an order rendered June 10, 2011, in the 126th Judicial District Court
of Travis County, the Honorable Lora Livingston, Judge Presiding. The case was subsequently
transferred to Williamson County.
Texas Animal Health Comm’n v. Nunley, 647 S.W.2d 951, 952 (Tex. 1983). Accordingly, we
dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.2
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Melissa Goodwin, Justice
Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Rose and Goodwin
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed: November 14, 2014
2
Sheridan has filed an application for writ of habeas corpus, In re Sheridan,
No. 03-14-00589-CV, which we grant in an opinion issued this same date.
2