Ex Parte Miles

GUITTARD, Justice,

Relator Walter Miles applied to us for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he had been illegally restrained of his liberty by the Sheriff of Dallas County under a void order of one of the domestic relations courts of Dallas County holding relator in contempt for failure to make child support payments. We granted bail pending a hearing in this court, and after the hearing we denied the writ and remanded relator to the custody of the sheriff.

Our decision is based on the holding that after relator had been informed that his children had not been adopted by his former wife’s…