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In Re Corder

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided May 8, 2009No. 01-09-00004-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TIM TAFT, Justice.

Relator, Dale Corder, requests habeas corpus relief from the trial court’s August 19, 2008 order holding him in contempt and committing him to confinement in the Harris County Jail for 180 days as punishment and, thereafter, as a civil coercive measure, from day to day until he pays child support arrearage. Real party in interest, Norma Jean Veglia, has filed no response to relator’s petition for writ of habeas corpus. We examine relator’s points of error relating to the punitive portion of the contempt order. Holding that those points are without merit, we conclude…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Roberts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Taylor v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Ex Parte GordonTexas Supreme Court · 1979
  4. Ex Parte WerbludTexas Supreme Court · 1976
  5. In Re HenryTexas Supreme Court · 2005

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. in Re Joe Washington, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2019
  2. in the Interest of N. v. R., D. A. R., and J. T. R., Children, Texas Court of Appeals, 12th District (Tyler)2019

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