Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Barth v. Corrigan
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 8, 1994No. 64893PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Presiding Judge.
Petitioner, Merlyn Barth, seeks our writ of habeas corpus contending his incarceration for contempt of court is illegal. We agree and order the writ to issue.
On October 22, 1993, the Honorable William Corrigan, Circuit Judge for the County of St. Louis, ordered petitioner arrested and confined in jail until he purged himself of contempt. The basis of the warrant and commitment order was petitioner’s failure to make maintenance payments to his ex-wife pursuant to their Decree of Dissolution of Marriage.
Petitioner alleges the judgment and commitment order are facially…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hunt v. MorelandMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- Owsley v. OwsleyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1985
- Marriage of Roark v. RoarkMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
- Yalem v. YalemMissouri Court of Appeals · 1990
3Cited by10 opinions
- In re BrownMissouri Court of Appeals · 2000
- Mischeaux v. HaisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1997
- State Ex Rel. Division of Family Services v. BullockMissouri Court of Appeals · 1995
- C.S.G. v. R.G.Missouri Court of Appeals · 2018
- Sample ex rel. Sample v. SaffafMissouri Court of Appeals · 2002
5 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.