Ex parte Williams

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

Relator complains that he has been illegally confined under a void contempt/ commitment order, as a result of his failure to comply with the terms of a divorce decree requiring him to pay $150 each month as child support. The decree ordered relator to contribute this amount each month toward the support of his six children and provided that the payments were to continue until relator’s youngest child reached the age of 18.

Relator’s ex-wife filed a motion for contempt in September 1985, before the youngest child was 18, alleging that relator had failed to pay child…