Court Opinion

ID: 9674565
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 04:30:39.386467+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:28.182147
License: Public Domain

MAUZY, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result reached by the majority but would simply add that the fatal error in the trial court was not the issuance of the oral order, nor the time taken to reduce it to writing. The major flaw committed by the trial judge was the issuance of an ambiguous and vague written order. Relator’s conduct appears from the record to be a clear violation of the court’s oral mandate and should not be condoned. However, by handing down a written order that failed to satisfy the terms outlined in Ex Parte Slavin, 412 S.W.2d 43 (Tex.1967), this court has no choice but to reverse the contempt order.