Howard v. Texas Department of Human Resources

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal by Charles Lee Howard from a judgment for $10,000.00 that had been rendered against him on June 24, 1983. The judgment was in favor of the Texas Department of Human Resources, hereinafter referred to as “TDHR.”

Appellant had formerly been married to Mattie R. Howard. They were divorced by the District Court of Van Zandt County on September 16, 1966. The divorce decree ordered that appellant “pay unto the registry of the Court the sum of $30.00 per week as child support for the support and maintenance of his five mmor children and that costs be assessed against…