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Ex Parte Stanford

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 6, 1977No. 16967PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLEMAN, Chief Justice.

The petitioner has been committed to the Harris County Jail under a commitment order finding him guilty of contempt of court by reason of his failure to make child support payments and house payments required by a temporary order entered in a divorce suit. The commitment order is void and petitioner is ordered released.

On the 25th day of November, 1974 the Judge of the Juvenile Court # 1 of Harris County, Texas in Cause No. 992978, styled In The Matter Of The Marriage Of Leona Victoria Stanford and Thomas Duncan Stanford, Jr. and In The Interest of Minor Children,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Blackmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. Muniz v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Deramus v. ThorntonTexas Supreme Court · 1960
  5. Myers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Ex Parte JohnsonTexas Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Clark v. Bres, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2007
  3. Ross v. 3D Tower Ltd.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1992
  4. Ex Parte QuevedoCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1981
  5. Ex Parte BrownCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978

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