COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
GABRIEL MANNY YANEZ, '
No. 08-12-00304-CV
Appellant, '
Appeal from the
v. '
383rd District Court
MARIA NOHEMI ESTRADA, '
of El Paso County, Texas
'
Appellee.
' (TC# 2006AG7960)
MEMORANDUM OPINION
We review this appeal on our own motion for determination of whether it should be
dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Gabriel Manny Yanez, Appellant, appeals an order holding
him in contempt for failure to pay child support. After Appellant filed his notice of appeal, the
clerk of this Court notified Appellant of the Court=s intent to dismiss the case for lack of
jurisdiction. Mr. Yanez did not respond to the Court=s notice.
We, as an appellate court, generally have jurisdiction over final judgments, and such
interlocutory orders as the legislature deems appealable. TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE
ANN. ' 51.012 and ' 51.014 (West 2008); Ruiz v. Ruiz, 946 S.W.2d 123, 124 (Tex. App.--El Paso
1997, no pet.); see also TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. ' 109.002 (West 2008) (appeals from suits
affecting parent-child relationship). However, we lack jurisdiction to review on direct appeal a
child-support enforcement contempt order. Vernon v. Vernon, 225 S.W.3d 179, 179
(Tex.App.--El Paso 2005, no pet.). We therefore dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
GUADALUPE RIVERA, Justice
November 7, 2012
Before McClure, C.J., Rivera, J., and Antcliff, J.