Elfeldt v. Elfeldt

I respectfully dissent. The majority opinion reaches a desirable result but I am of the opinion that in their efforts to reach that result, they have placed a strained construction upon section 14.06(d) of the Texas Family Code.

The parties to the suit settled their differences concerning child support by submitting an agreed judgment to the trial court. This judgment was approved and signed by the trial court. The parties did not have a separate .contractual settlement agreement, and the consent judgment did not provide that the terms of the judgment would be enforceable in a suit based on…