Edwards v. Edwards

J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Dorothy Sue Edwards, appeals from a judgment amending a prior judgment in her favor on a motion to reduce unpaid child support to judgment. We reverse and remand.

The parties were divorced in 1972. The divorce decree ordered appellee, David Emmett Edwards, to pay appellant the sum of $300.00 per month for the support of the couple’s two children. In 1976, appellee filed a motion to modify the support obligations pursuant to Tex.Fam. Code Ann. § 14.08 (Vernon Supp. 1980-1981). On May 27, 1977, a default judgment was signed in favor of appellee wherein…