EX PARTE SHELTON

Nos. 20034, 20046.

582 S.W.2d 637 (1979)

Ex parte Allen L. SHELTON. Ex parte Richard L. KOLLINGER.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

May 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kayo Mullins, Dallas, for appellant.

Nikki T. DeShazo, Dallas, for appellee.

Mike McCurley, McGuire, Levy & McCurley, Irving, for appellant.

Ronald L. McKinney, Hoppenstein & Prager, Dallas, for appellee.

Before GUITTARD, C. J., and CARVER and STOREY, JJ.


GUITTARD, Chief Justice.

These two applications for habeas corpus present the question of whether a provision in a divorce decree ordering one of the parties to pay future medical expenses for the children, but without specifying them or prescribing any procedure for determining the amount, is enforceable by contempt and confinement in jail. We hold that such an order lacks the certainty required for such enforcement. Accordingly, we have granted the writs applied...

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