Brazeal v. Renner

GUITTARD, Justice.

Our question is whether a Missouri child support order is enforceable in Texas as a judgment for money in favor of the mother without proof that it is final under Missouri law. We hold that it is not enforceable.

In 1963 plaintiff llene Renner, now Brazeal, was divorced from defendant Loren Renner in Greene County, Missouri, by a decree which gave plaintiff custody of their three children and provided “that Plaintiff have and recover of and from Defendant the sum of $75.00 per month as child support.” In 1971 plaintiff sued in the District Court of Grayson County, Texas, for…