Legal Opinion
In the Interest of A.D.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided January 27, 2000No. 09-99-197 CVPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID FARRIS, Justice (Assigned).
This case turns on one underlying issue: does the authority under Tex. Fam.Code *467Ann. § 158.502 (Vernon Supp.2000) to grant an administrative writ of withholding “at any time” violate the prohibition against retroactive laws, see Tex. Const. art. I, § 16, if it is applied to a time barred child support obligation? We hold that it does, and affirm the trial court’s judgment.
The appellee, Kenneth 0. Davis, and his wife divorced in 1974 with Davis obligated to pay child support of $160.00 a month. Davis was never faithful to his obligation. The younger of…
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