the Office of the Attorney General of Texas v. Richard Lynn Scholer

When a marriage ends in divorce, and there are children involved, a court frequently orders one parent to pay monthly child support. That was the case hei'e. Years later, the parents agreed that the father’s support obligation would cease if he voluntarily relinquished his parental rights. Although the father signed the necessary paperwork, the mother’s attorney never filed it in court. The father argues that he relied on the attorney’s promises that he would promptly initiate court proceedings to finalize the termination, and that the mother (and, consequently, the Office of the Attorney…