Ex parte Roy
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
GUITTARD, Chief Justice.
Relator was found in contempt for disobedience of a temporary support order pending divorce proceedings and was committed to jail. In this application for a writ of habeas corpus, he attacks the commitment order on the ground that it recites no finding of the manner in which he violated the support order and improperly requires him to pay an attorney’s fee as a condition of his release. We grant the writ on the ground that the order is void because of the absence of a finding of the particular violation. We also hold that the order is not sufficient to require payment…
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