Ex Parte Loftin

MOORE, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding whereby Relator seeks to be discharged from confinement in the Smith County jail by virtue of a certain county order of the Judge of the Court of Domestic Relations of Smith County, Texas.

On January 8, 1975, in a divorce suit still pending in the Court of Domestic Relations in Smith County, Relator was ordered to make child support payments for his two minor children in the amount of $330.00 per month with the first payment being payable on January 15, 1975, and a like payment being payable on the 15th day of each month thereafter.

On February…