Ex Parte Holland

ORIGINAL HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDING

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding. After an evidentiary hearing, the 199th district court of Collin County found relator Earl S. Holland, Jr. in contempt for failure to pay court-ordered child support. The district court ordered relator jailed for six months or until he pays the child support arrearage. Although the court found that relator “is now in arrears in the amount of $10,440,” it failed to specify the time, date, and place of each occasion on which relator failed to pay child support. Relator argues that without such specificity, the child…