Thornton v. Thornton

T1 Debra Lynn Thornton, now Watson (Mother), on March 17, 2009, filed a "Notice of Registration of Child Support Order and Income Withholding" seeking to register the parties' 1979 Texas divorce decree. Mother claimed an arrearage of $72,569.98 as of June 2008. The divorce decree Mother sought to enforce was entered on May 18, 1979, in Hunt County, Texas. The decree ordered Edward William Thornton (Father) to pay $160.00 a month for child support for the parties' son born April 24, 1975. Sixteen years after the child reached the age of eighteen, Mother sought to register the divorce decree in…