Hobbs v. Hobbs

DEVANY, Justice.

Phillip Douglas Hobbs contends that the trial court erred when, pursuant to TEX.R. CIV.P. 165a, it dismissed his cross-petition for divorce because he failed to appear for trial, either in person or by counsel. We disagree and affirm the trial court’s judgment granting Pamela Joyce Hobbs’ petition for divorce.

The husband asserts that his cross-petition should not have been dismissed because he did not receive notice that the trial had been scheduled for April 16, 1984. However, in a pleading filed more than one month before trial, appellant stated that his wife “caused to be…