Legal Opinion

Ex parte Jenkins

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 4, 1980No. 20300PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STOREY, Justice.

Relator, Jenard Wesley Jenkins, brings this original action for a writ of habeas corpus contending that the commitment order, confining him to jail, is void. Relator contends that the court’s commitment order is void because it fails to find the specific portions of the original divorce decree he was found to have violated. We agree with this contention and therefore grant relator’s application.

The parties were divorced on May 1,1979, and a divorce decree ordered relator to pay his former wife child support of $60 per week through the Dallas County Child Support Division.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ex Parte ProctorTexas Supreme Court · 1966
  2. Ex Parte SavelleTexas Supreme Court · 1966

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Ex Parte CrawfordCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
  2. Ex Parte SweeneyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
  3. Ex parte RoyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1980

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