Ex Parte Grothe

SHANNON, Justice.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding filed in this Court in which relator Carl Grothe seeks his discharge from custody of the sheriff of Milam County. Upon presentation of relator’s application, this Court directed issuance of the writ and relator’s release on bond.

Relator was found in contempt by the district court of Milam County. The court committed relator to jail for seven days and for such time thereafter until he purged himself of contempt by paying four months of unpaid child support payments and by disclosing to the court’s receiver the location of certain…