Ex Parte Hoover

OPINION

OSBORN, Justice.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding under Article 1824a, Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann., to secure the release of the Relator, Burl Hoover, who had been adjudged in contempt of the Court of Domestic Relations of El Paso County, Texas, for failure to make child support payments and for violation of an injunction. The writ is granted and Relator is ordered discharged.

On June 22, 1972, a divorce was granted to Relator’s wife, Annelore Hoover, in the Court of Domestic Relations of El Paso County, Texas. Mrs. Hoover was granted custody of the parties’ three minor…