Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Bowers
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided April 26, 1984No. 07-84-0011-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COUNTISS, Justice.
This is an original habeas corpus proceeding. Relator William Harvey Bowers was ordered to jail by the district court of Lamb County for failing to pay child support. He immediately sought a writ of habeas corpus from this Court and was released on bond pending our resolution of his contention that the contempt judgment is void. Tex.R.Civ.Pro. 383a. Having concluded that the contempt judgment is not void, we deny the writ and remand Relator to the custody of the sheriff of Lamb County.
This case originated in the district court in Grayson County and that court was the first…
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