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EX PARTE ACKER

No. 96-0932.

949 S.W.2d 314 (1997)

Ex parte Mary Ann ACKER.

Supreme Court of Texas.

July 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Jones, Booker T. Morris, Houston, for relator.

Patsy Young, Houston, for respondent.

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which CORNYN, ENOCH, SPECTOR, BAKER and ABBOTT, Justices, joined.

In this original habeas corpus proceeding, relator challenges her confinement for nonpayment of child support. The trial court ordered relator incarcerated under two separate contempt orders, one relating to regular monthly child support and the other relating to a separate health insurance obligation. We hold that the first order is unenforceable...

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