Legal Opinion
Lewallen v. Hardin
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 21, 1978No. 19407PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTSON, Justice.
Dixie P. Hardin sued her former husband, Donald Lee Lewallen, for child support under the Uniform Reciprocal & Enforcement of Support Act (URESA) Tex.Family Code Ann., § 21.01 et seq. (Vernon 1975). The parties had been divorced in North Carolina, but the divorce decree made no provision for support. The present proceeding was initiated in North Carolina, and pursuant to URESA, the papers were forwarded to Dallas County, the county of Lewallen’s residence. These papers included an affidavit by Hardin stating that Lewallen had not contributed to the support of their child…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cooper v. CooperCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1974
- McCart v. CainCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1967
- Owens v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1931
- Friedman v. FriedmanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975
- Ward v. National Benev. Soc.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1941
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Crosby v. Minyard Food Stores, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2004
- Gaston v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
- Courville v. CourvilleCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
- Cecilia Clinkscale v. Leiroi Mickele Daniels, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2015
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