In the Interest of J.R. Appeal from 279th District Court of Jefferson County (memorandum opinion)

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In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-17-00146-CV ____________________ IN THE INTEREST OF J.R. ________________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 279th District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. F-182,592-E ________________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION In a child support case, the trial court revoked community supervision on a previous contempt judgment, committed Jelmar Alen Rhodes to county jail, and granted judgment for $28,031.57 on a child support arrearage. In his appeal, Rhodes concedes that he is in arrears, and he does not argue that the trial court granted a judgment for more than he owes.1 Rhodes asks this Court to render a different 1 Rhodes has not challenged the legality of his confinement through a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See In re Estate of Gibbons, 451 S.W.3d 115, 127 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2014, pet. denied); In re Office of Attorney Gen. of Tex., 215 S.W.3d 913, 915 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2007, orig. proceeding). 1 decision than the trial court, but he neither challenges the sufficiency of the evidence nor does he claim that the trial court abused its discretion. No judgment may be reversed on appeal unless the trial court erred and the error probably caused the rendition of an improper judgment or probably prevented the appellant from properly presenting the case to the appellate court. See Tex. R. App. P. 44.1(a). The trial court’s judgment is affirmed. AFFIRMED. ________________________________ CHARLES KREGER Justice Submitted on October 24, 2017 Opinion Delivered November 9, 2017 Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ. 2

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