Legal Opinion
Ex parte Field
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 5, 1996No. 07-96-0083-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.
When relator Russell Edwin Field petitioned for his release from restraint imposed by the trial court’s 22 February 1996 order of contempt for failure to pay court-ordered child support and child care payments, we granted the writ on 12 March 1996, provided for his admission to bail, scheduled the petition for oral argument, and set a date for an answer. Tex.RApp.P. 120. An answer was not filed; but three days prior to the scheduled submission date, relator has moved to dismiss his petition because, upon motion of the real party in interest, Sally Ann Field, the trial…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ex Parte BarnettTexas Supreme Court · 1980
- Starnes v. Chapman, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1990
- King v. CashCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1943
- Lepp v. Ward County Water Improvement Dist. No. 2Court of Appeals of Texas · 1923