Order entered December 13, 2016
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-16-01453-CV
IN RE ETHAN JEREMY HAZELTON, Relator
Original Proceeding from the 380th Judicial District Court
Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 380-55640-2013
ORDER
Before Justices Lang, Evans, and Schenck
The Court has before it relator’s December 13, 2016 petition for writ of habeas corpus
and motion for emergency stay of commitment.
We GRANT relator’s December 13, 2016 motion for emergency stay of commitment.
Pending this Court’s determination of relator’s petition on the merits, and until further order of
this Court, we ORDER that relator Ethan Jeremy Hazelton be released from the custody of the
Sheriff of Collin County only upon posting a good and sufficient cash or surety bond,
conditioned as required by law, in the sum of $500, plus all expenses which may be incurred by
peace officers in rearresting relator in the event that relator fails to appear at a hearing before this
Court or violates some other condition of the bond.
In the event relator Ethan Jeremy Hazelton gives such bond, the Sheriff of Collin County
is ORDERED to immediately forward a certified copy of the bond to the Clerk of this Court.
This order releases relator Ethan Jeremy Hazelton only from custody under the Order of
Commitment dated December 13, 2016 issued by the 380th Judicial District Court of Collin
County, Texas, styled In the Matter of the Marriage of Ethan Jeremy Hazelton vs. Katie Bliss
Hazelton and in the Interest of L.B.H.
The Court ORDERS that the reporter’s record of the December 13, 2016 hearing be filed
by December 28, 2016.
The Court requests that real parties in interest and respondent file a response, if any, by
January 4, 2017.
The Court DIRECTS the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission,
to the Honorable Benjamin Smith, Presiding Judge, 380th Judicial District Court; Karla
Kimbrell, official court reporter, 380th Judicial District Court; Terry G. Box, Collin County
Sheriff; and to counsel for all parties.
/s/ DAVID EVANS
JUSTICE