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EX PARTE STANDARD

No. 8831.

596 S.W.2d 218 (1980)

Ex parte Merlin Wayne STANDARD.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

February 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal Birmingham, Atlanta, for appellant.

WILLIAM J. CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

This is an original habeas corpus proceeding brought by Merlin Wayne Standard seeking release from a commitment for contempt on the ground that he was given no notice of the contempt hearing. Standard was found in contempt for violating an order of the Cass County District Court in a custody suit directing him to return his minor child to the court's jurisdiction. The judgment of contempt sentenced Standard to sixty days in jail...

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