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- Title: Ex Parte Joel Davila
- Author : Supreme Court of Texas No. C-5397
- Release Date : January 22, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 51 KB
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Per Curiam OPINION This is a habeas corpus proceeding. Relator, Joel Davila, was held in contempt for failure to pay $28,000 in medical expenses for his child. As punishment, he was assessed a term of 120 days in the county jail, and was further ordered confined until he paid the entire amount of $28,000. Relator unsuccessfully sought habeas relief in the court of appeals, 709 S.W.2d 15, presenting only two points before that court as grounds for discharging him from custody. Relator then filed an application for writ of habeas corpus in this court, alleging fifteen additional grounds. Because we hold that Davila could not properly be held in contempt for the entire sum of $28,000, we grant the wit of habeas corpus, and without hearing oral argument, order Davila discharged. On November 26, 1975, Davila was divorced and ordered to pay child support. The award of child support was later modified in an order signed October 7, 1985. This order provided:
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