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EX PARTE SWEARINGEN

No. 2000.

574 S.W.2d 585 (1978)

Ex parte William Richard SWEARINGEN, Relator.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Denied November 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. A. Greene, Jr., Houston, for relator.

Earle S. Lilly, Houston, for respondent.

COULSON, Justice.

This is an original proceeding for habeas corpus instituted by William Richard Swearingen, the relator, who contends that he was illegally deprived of his liberty by an order holding him in contempt of court for failure to make child support payments. Relator raises two points of error. Relator primarily raises the question of whether an order of contempt for failure to make child support payments can validly be issued during the time in which an...

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