Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Mikeska
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 23, 1980No. 17822PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PEDEN, Justice.
In this habeas corpus proceeding Woodrow Wilson Mikeska seeks release from custody of the sheriff of Galveston County. We ordered the relator released on bond after he had served one day in jail for contempt after failing to make child support payments ordered in a divorce decree.
On December 27, 1979, a Family District Court in Galveston County noted on its docket sheet that a divorce was granted to relator and his wife on the grounds of in-supportability and that child support was provided. On June 17, 1980, the trial judge signed the divorce decree, reciting that the cause…
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