EX PARTE PEPPER

No. 8783.

544 S.W.2d 836 (1976)

Ex parte Diana Lyn PEPPER and Tommy Pepper.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

Rehearing Denied January 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller, Miller & Russell, Oth Miller, Amarillo, for relators.

Ochsner & Baughman, Frank J. Baughman, Amarillo, for respondents.


REYNOLDS, Justice.

In this original habeas corpus proceeding, relators Diana Lyn Pepper and Tommy Pepper seek release from custody following a judgment of contempt for failure to comply with a visitation order entered prior to rendition of a final decree of adoption. The relators are ordered discharged for lack of a written order of commitment; and, furthermore, we hold that the visitation order became ineffective upon entry of the final decree of adoption.

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