Ex parte Owen

SPARLING, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding under article 1824a of the Revised Civil Statutes, by which relator Randy Lee Owen seeks discharge from the custody of the sheriff of Dallas County, Texas. He was committed to jail by order of the 302nd Judicial District Court which found him in contempt for failure to make child support payments as previously ordered by that court. We released relator on bail, pending a hearing in this court. We hold that the commitment order is void because the 302nd Court had no jurisdiction to enforce its support order that had subsequently been…