Ex Parte Lee

568 S.W.2d 689 (1978)

Ex parte Robert E. LEE.

No. 17197.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

June 15, 1978.

Rehearing Granted July 13, 1978.

James M. Beauchamp, Houston, for appellant.

Roger B. Williams, Houston, for appellee.

PEDEN, Justice.

Robert E. Lee filed this application for writ of habeas corpus seeking release from a commitment for failure to make child support payments. A judgment signed on March 29, 1978 provided that he be confined for five days and thereafter until he paid, through the county support section, the arrearage of $825 plus an attorney's fee of $370 and…