Ex parte Laymon

OPINION

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

The trial court adjudged relator in contempt for failure to pay designated child support payments and as punishment directed that he be confined in the Harris County jail for thirty days. The trial court’s judgment recites that at the date of the judgment relator had failed and refused to make the required support payments in the sum of $2,200. The order, after finding the appellant in contempt and assessing his punishment, further provided:

The court grants to respondent, Robert Laymon, leave to file at any time…