EX PARTE JENKINS

No. 20300.

593 S.W.2d 395 (1980)

Ex parte Jenard Wesley JENKINS.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

January 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip D. Phillips, Steven McGilberry, Irving, for appellant.

Jean White, Dallas County Child Support Division, Dallas, for appellee.

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


STOREY, Justice.

Relator, Jenard Wesley Jenkins, brings this original action for a writ of habeas corpus contending that the commitment order, confining him to jail, is void. Relator contends that the court's commitment order is void because it fails to find the specific portions of the original divorce decree he was found to have violated. We agree with this contention and therefore grant relator's application.

The parties were divorced on May 1, 1979, and...

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