Ex Parte Wagner
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FOWLER, Justice.
This is an original habeas corpus proceeding. Relator, William Danny Wagner, seeks relief from a contempt and commitment order entered by the 309th Judicial District on January 10, 1995, in cause number 91-04642. We granted relator’s petition for writ of ha-beas corpus on January 11, 1995, and ordered him released on bond pending our determination on the merits. See Tex.Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(d) (Vernon Supp.1995). Because we hold that incarcerating one for failing to pay attorney’s fees awarded in a paternity action filed to obtain child support does not violate…
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