Ex Parte Hodge

STOREY, Justice.

Relator, Joseph R. Hodge, seeks release from custody on the ground that the order which he was held in contempt for disobeying was void. Relator asserts that the trial court lacked jurisdiction because he had no notice and therefore no opportunity to appear at the hearing which resulted in an order requiring him to pay child support. We disagree. Consequently, we deny relator’s application for writ of habeas corpus and remand him to custody.

An order may be attacked as void if the court lacked jurisdiction of the person or of the subject matter or if the court lacked authority…