Richards v. Franklin

MOORE, Judge.

Lee Carroll Richards ("the father") appeals from a judgment entered by the Morgan Circuit Court ("the circuit court") denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse the circuit court's judgment.

Facts and Procedural History

On January 21, 2016, the Morgan District Court ("the district court") entered a judgment, based on a stipulation of the father and the State Department of Human Resources ("DHR"), acting on behalf of Kimberly A. Wilson ("the mother"), the mother of the father's children, finding the father in civil contempt for his failure to pay child support as…