Ex Parte Keene

In this original habeas corpus proceeding, relator Steven R. Keene has been held in contempt for failure to pay child support. 1 Because the order of contempt was not rendered in compliance with the requirements of section 14.32 of the Family Code, 2 a majority of the Court grants the writ of habeas corpus and, without hearing oral argument, orders the relator discharged. See Tex.R.Apf.P. 122.

Steven Keene and Patricia Ann Keene (now Radloff) were divorced in 1989. The divorce decree awarded primary custody of their child to Radloff and required Keene to pay $175 per month in child support.…