Ex parte Malone

OPINION

WARREN, Justice.

Our opinion of March 14, 1990 is withdrawn and the following substituted in its place.

The 309th District Court of Harris County held EDWARD JAMES MALONE in contempt for not paying court ordered child support of $20 per week. The court ordered him jailed for 180 days, and thereafter, until he paid $3200 in child support arrearage, $1,237.50 in attorney fees, and $202 in court costs.

Relator asserts his confinement is illegal because: (1) the divorce decree is not specific; (2) his duty of support has terminated; and (3) the trial court lacks jurisdiction to enforce the…