Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Dustman
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 9, 1976No. B-5850PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DANIEL, Justice.
This is an original habeas corpus proceeding. Relator, Robert Dustman, has been adjudged in contempt by the 47th District Court of Randall County for failure to make payments for the support of his minor children as required by a divorce judgment entered by that court on November 28, 1972. The contempt decree assessed a fine of one dollar against Dustman and ordered that he be committed to jail until he purges himself of the contempt by paying $4,710 in delinquent child support plus court costs amounting to $22. We order relator discharged.
Under the 1972 divorce decree,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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