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IN RE SURGENT

No. 13-03-484-CV.

133 S.W.3d 744 (2003)

In re Richard Edmund SURGENT.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg.

November 6, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick K. Wilson, Houston, for Relator.

Lawrence P. Gwin, Jr., Timothy Sloan, Bay City, for Real Party In Interest.

Before Chief Justice VALDEZ and Justices RODRIGUEZ and GARZA.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

This original proceeding arises from a highly-disputed divorce proceeding. In several orders, the trial court found relator, Richard Surgent, to be in contempt of court for failure to pay spousal support and failure to disclose his assets. The court ordered his incarceration. Relator contends he is being unlawfully incarcerated. We agree and grant relator's petition for writ of habeas corpus.1

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