Ex parte Swate

OPINION

SEARS, Justice.

Relator comes before this Court to petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that she is illegally incarcerated in the Harris County Jail for contempt of a trial court’s turnover order. Judy Cox Swate and Tommy Swate were divorced on March 26, 1992, in the 312th District Court of Harris County. Mr. Swate was ordered to pay into the registry of the 312th District Court all checks made payable to him from Hardy, Milutin and Johns. After all payments were deposited in the registry, the money was to be released to Relator, pursuant to the divorce decree.

Prior to the…