Aguilar v. Barker

OPINION

SAM BASS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for child support in an involuntary paternity suit. The child was born on July 16, 1981, and appellee filed her original petition to establish paternity less than two months later, on September 1, 1981. Appellant stipulated on the day of trial that he was the biological father, and the only issues submitted to the court were the issues of child support and attorney’s fees. The trial court entered an order that the appellant pay child support to appellee in the amount of $500 per month in addition to $18,500 calculated as “retroactive”…