Ex Parte Walker
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Justice.
This is an original habeas corpus proceeding by which relator Michael Terry Walker seeks his release from the Dallas County jail. The matter arises out of a child support contempt case. Relator asserts four points of error before this court contending the trial court erred: (1) by failing to hear evidence of his inability to pay the child support obligations; (2) by failing to appoint counsel for him because of the constitutional mandate for counsel in contempt hearings; (3) by imposing upon him the burden of proving inability to pay the child support arrearages; and (4) by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Donald A. Ridgway v. T.L. Baker, Potter County SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Ex Parte AutenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
- Ex Parte SustrikCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1986
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