State Ex Rel. Nesser v. Pennoyer

BENTON, Judge.

Respondent Judge ordered Fred Nesser confined in the St. Francois County Jail for failure to make agreed payments of maintenance and child support. Nesser seeks habe-as corpus relief from this Court under Rule 91.01. This Court orders petitioner Fred Nesser discharged.

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The marriage of Fred and Jacalyn Nesser was dissolved in 1981, with Jacalyn receiving custody of the couple’s two children. A 1988 amended decree required Fred to pay all medical expenses of Jacalyn and the children and to make weekly child support and maintenance payments of $150 and $200, respectively. In…