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EX PARTE HALL

No. D-1820.

854 S.W.2d 656 (1993)

Ex Parte Craig HALL, Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 7, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia Hollingsworth, Beth E. McAllister, Jack Pate and Phil Burleson, Dallas, Dan R. Price, Austin, for relator.

Hayden H. Cooper, Paul T. Fanning, Dallas, for respondent.

OPINION

HECHT, Justice.

An order to pay spousal and child support may be based upon a contractual obligation, but the order is enforceable by contempt only to the extent that the support awarded is also authorized by the Texas Family Code and Constitution. Relator in this original habeas corpus proceeding was held in contempt for failing to pay support ordered solely on the basis of a prenuptial agreement. The support order was not

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