Rasnic v. Wynn

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

The principal issue on appeal is whether child support payments provided in a Texas divorce decree is a “foreign judgment”1 enforceable under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act.

Defendant insists Tennessee courts have no jurisdiction to enter judgment for ar-rearages in child support since arrearages are subject to modification and are not final judgments entitled to full faith and credit and to be enforced under UEFJA.

The parties were divorced in Texas in 1972. The divorce decree incorporated a property settlement requiring defendant to pay $1,250.00 per…