Baxter v. Matthews

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This is a child support case. The cause reached this court on a petition for writ of certiorari, seeking to quash a contempt citation and order of commitment against the father. A temporary stay was granted subject to the making of bond. The entire record is now before us and we dispose of the case on its merits. The only contention of petitioner, Billie James Baxter, is that the chancellor erred in failing to find that changed conditions existed that rendered him unable to comply with the support order.

The parties were intermarried in 1955. To the union were born four…