Regenia Bechem v. Reliant Energy Retail Services, LLC and Comerica Bank

OPINION

TRACY CHRISTOPHER, Justice.

This appeal arises from a garnishment action in which the debtor answered, but failed to appear, and no record was taken at trial. The debtor presents a single question for review, challenging whether the evidence is legally sufficient to support the trial court’s judgment. In resolving this question, we must also consider another important issue: whether the trial court could forgo a trial on the merits and enter an agreed judgment between just the gar-nishor and garnishee. We conclude that the debtor was entitled to a trial on the merits, and that the trial…