Ex Parte Littleton

OPINION

Opinion by

Justice ROSS.

Andrew Littleton, relator, has filed a petition asking this Court to issue a writ of habeas corpus and release him from jail. He was found in contempt of court and incarcerated January 28, 2003, by oral order of the Honorable Robin Sage. The contempt proceeding was conducted because of relator’s continuing failure to pay child support.

An original habeas corpus proceeding is a collateral attack on a contempt judgment. Ex parte Rohleder, 424 S.W.2d 891, 892 (Tex.1967); In re Markowitz, 25 S.W.3d 1, 2 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 1998, orig. proceeding). The…