Knighton v. International Business MacHines Corp.

OPINION

OLIVER-PARROTT, Chief Justice.

Thomas Charles Knighton (Knighton), appellant, sued his former wife, Ruth Rosk-elly (Roskelly), International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), and the IBM Retirement Plan (the Plan), appellees, seeking a declaratory judgment to enjoin the enforcement of a Florida court judgment.

The issue is when no action has been requested to enforce the valid judgment of a sister state, should Texas courts interfere with such enforcement because the judgment contains an income deduction order. We conclude Texas courts should not. The trial court granted summary…