Legal Opinion
Ex parte Higginbotham
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 5, 1989No. 2-89-013-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEAVER, Chief Justice.
In this original habeas corpus proceeding authorized by TEX.GOVT CODE ANN. sec. 22.221(d) (Vernon 1988), relator, Carl Flynt Higginbotham, Jr., seeks his release from confinement in the Denton County jail as a result of an order holding him in contempt and a writ of commitment issued thereunder. Higginbotham’s application is granted and he is ordered discharged.
The trial court found Higginbotham in contempt on two separate violations. One was for failure to pay child support under temporary orders dated October 31, 1986. The other was for conveying a 1985…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Ex Parte DavilaTexas Supreme Court · 1986
- Ex Parte GloverTexas Supreme Court · 1985
- Ex Parte LeeTexas Supreme Court · 1986
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