EX PARTE DEAN

No. 16595.

529 S.W.2d 585 (1975)

Ex parte John DEAN, Relator.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

October 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce K. Bornefeld, Houston, for relator.

No brief filed for appellee.


PEDEN, Justice.

Relator, John Dean, brought this original habeas corpus proceeding after being held in contempt and sentenced to jail for three days and until he purged himself of contempt by paying $750, the amount the court found he had failed to pay under a child-support order, plus court costs. He alleges that the child-support order is too uncertain and unclear to be enforced by contempt. We agree.

The order in question modified the child-support provision...

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