Ex Parte Wilkins

CAMPBELL, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding. Relator, Floyd Dale Wilkins, was found, by Harris County Probate Court # 2, to be in contempt of court for violating an oral order of that court which allegedly required him to deposit certain funds in Texas and not use the funds. Wilkins was fined $500 and ordered to jail for ninety days.

Wilkins contends that he cannot be held in constructive contempt for violation of this oral order, and that the order was not specific enough to comply with due process requirements.

This Court has stated:

It is an accepted rule of law that for a person to…