Ex Parte Oden

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding under Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated, article 1824a (Vernon Supp.1976), by which the relator, William Jackie Oden, seeks his discharge from the custody of the sheriff of Collin County. He is in jail by virtue of a commitment issued by the Honorable Tom Ryan, Judge of the 199th Judicial District Court of Collin County, which found relator in contempt for failure to make child support payments as previously ordered by the 16th District Court of Denton County. We previously ordered relator released on bail pending a hearing in this…