Ex Parte Pepper

REYNOLDS, Justice.

In this original habeas corpus proceeding, relators Diana Lyn Pepper and Tommy Pepper seek release from custody following a judgment of contempt for failure to comply with a visitation order entered prior to rendition of a final decree of adoption. The relators are ordered discharged for lack of a written order of commitment; and, furthermore, we hold that the visitation order became ineffective upon entry of the final decree of adoption.

All judicial proceedings were had in the Domestic Relations Court in and for Potter County, Texas. The duly certified records show that Jon…