Ex Parte Goad

KILGARLIN, Justice.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding arising out of an order holding Roland Lee Goad in contempt for failing to make, pursuant to a divorce decree, monthly payments of a percentage of his military retirement benefits to his wife. Of the several grounds asserted in Mr. Goad’s petition for relief, all but one are clearly without support in law. Therefore, we will address only Mr. Goad’s contention that the order of contempt is void because it assesses a single lump sum penalty which includes amounts barred by the two-year statute of limitations found in section…