Ex Parte Prevost

KEITH, Justice.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding wherein our jurisdiction has been invoked under Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 1824a (Supp.1979). A decree of divorce dated May 24, 1976, awarded custody of two minor children to the mother and required Relator to “pay child support in the amount of $150 every two weeks, for the maintenance of the children with the first payment being due on the 28th day of March 1976”, such payments to continue until the youngest child reaches the age of 18 years.

On May 31, 1979, the mother signed an affidavit of contempt against Relator swearing that…