Legal Opinion
Cowan v. Moreno
Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Decided July 12, 1995No. 03-94-00237-CVPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEA ANN SMITH, Justice.
This case involves an interstate child support enforcement proceeding. Nancy Moreno sought Texas registration of a 1982 Colorado support order naming Robert Cowan as the obligor. Cowan filed a petition to vacate the registration on the ground that the Colorado decree is not a support “order” because it conditioned visitation rights on the payment of child support rather than ordering him unconditionally to make child support payments. After a hearing on the petition, the district court signed an order confirming registration of the Colorado support order but expressly…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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