In the Interest of A.M.L. and I.J.P.--Appeal from 279th District Court of Jefferson County

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In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont _________________ NO. 09-11-00170-CV _________________ IN THE INTEREST OF A.M.L. AND I.J.P. _______________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 279th District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. F-161,254-E and C-198,411-A ________________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Tommie Limbrick filed a notice of appeal from judgments of contempt. We questioned our jurisdiction over the appeal and instructed the parties to file written responses by May 6, 2011. [A] petition for writ of habeas corpus is generally the only method for attacking an order of contempt. In re Reece, No. 09-0520, 2011 WL 2112786, *7 (Tex. May 27, 2011) (orig. proceeding) (citing Deramus v. Thornton, 160 Tex. 494, 333 S.W.2d 824, 827 (1960)).1 An appeal may be taken from an arrearage judgment. See In re B.A.T., No. 05-10-00593-CV, 2010 WL 3991426, * 1 (Tex. App. Dallas Oct. 11, 2010, no pet.) (mem. op). The arrearage judgments signed on December 1 An original proceeding in habeas corpus has been filed and is proceeding separately from this appeal. 1 8, 2010, were entered more than thirty days before Limbrick filed a notice of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1. Limbrick did not attempt to perfect an appeal within the time for which an extension may be granted for perfecting an appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.3. This Court lacks jurisdiction over the appeal. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. APPEAL DISMISSED. ________________________________ DAVID GAULTNEY Justice Opinion Delivered August 11, 2011 Before McKeithen, C.J., Gaultney and Kreger, JJ. 2

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