Ex Parte Mullins

POPE, Justice.

Relator, John K. Mullins, instituted this habeas corpus proceeding after the Court of Domestic Relations of Galveston County adjudged him in contempt and committed him to the Galveston County jail for disobedience of that court’s order to pay child support. Relator urges that the contempt and commitment orders are based upon a void child support order because the Court of Domestic Relations Number Three of Harris County, which granted the divorce, has exclusive jurisdiction over child support orders. We sustain relator’s contention.

Relator, Mullins, sued his wife, Marguerite…