Supreme Court of Texas

Court of appeals rulings in proceedings involving unpaid child support are reversed where the court of appeals erred in applying Texas Family Code section 157.008 to shift the child support obligation from the obligor to the obligee during periods of excess possession, and in finding that the Attorney General lacked standing to litigate any part of the defense provided by the statute.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/15/2005
• Decided 05/05/2006
• Published 05/05/2006

Judges

• Justice MEDINA delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Amy Vanessa Morales-Knight, Asst. Atty. Gen., Houston, Rhonda Amkraut Pressley, Office of Attorney General, Cynthia Bryant, Deputy Attorney General for Child Support, Barry Ross McBee, Office of Attorney General, Austin, Shawn Casey, Law Office of Shawn Casey, Houston, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• George W. Dana, Attorney At Law, Houston, for Respondent.