Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Williams

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided June 10, 1971No. 7262PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KEITH, Justice.

Relator was adjudged guilty of contempt for the violation of an order of the District Court of Liberty County ordering him to make monthly payments for temporary alimony and child support pending the trial of an action for divorce. Our jurisdiction is invoked by the writ of habeas corpus under the provisions of Art. 1824a, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. The parties are in agreement that for this contempt judgment to be subject to collateral attack, it must be absolutely void and not merely voidable. Ex parte Tyler, 152 Tex. 602, 261 S.W.2d 833, 834 (1953); Ex parte Rhodes, 163 Tex. 31,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Ex Parte Winfield ScottTexas Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Ex Parte RohlederTexas Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Ex Parte DeweesTexas Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Ex parte FisherTexas Supreme Court · 1948
  5. Ex Parte RamzyTexas Supreme Court · 1968

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Ex Parte HoskenCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
  2. Ex Parte LoweryCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
  3. Ex Parte HelleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1972
  4. In Re McLemoreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974
  5. Ex Parte HollowayCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973

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