Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Payne
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 15, 1980No. 8754PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, Justice.
This is a habeas corpus proceeding. Relator, Thomas Dale Payne, seeks relief from commitment to the Bowie County Jail for contempt growing out of his failure to make child support payments.
On September 28, 1965, a divorce decree was entered dissolving the marriage of Thomas Dale Payne and Janie Payne. The judgment provided that Janie Payne was to have custody of the minor child, Lesa Payne, and ordered relator to “. . . pay the sum of Twenty and No/100 ($20.00) Dollars per week for the support and maintenance of the minor child until such child becomes eighteen years of age.”
Janie…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Ex Parte RohlederTexas Supreme Court · 1967
- Deramus v. ThorntonTexas Supreme Court · 1960
- Ex Parte HelmsTexas Supreme Court · 1953
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3Cited by38 opinions
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