Legal Opinion
Hutchings v. Bates
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 13, 1966No. A-11049PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Justice.
The question to be decided here is whether a divorce decree and the property settlement agreement upon which it rests created an obligation which binds the husband’s estate to make child support payments accruing after his death.
Geraldine Bates, plaintiff, obtained a divorce from her husband, Warren David. Bates, in 1949. They had been married, some five years, and two children were born to their marriage. One of the children was born in 1945 and the other in 1947. After the divorce action was filed and prior to the entry of judgment therein, plaintiff and Bates executed a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Burger v. BurgerTexas Supreme Court · 1957
- Ex Parte JonesTexas Supreme Court · 1962
- Newman v. BurwellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1932
- Taylor v. GeorgeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
- Ex Parte Claude D. BirkheadTexas Supreme Court · 1936
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Bill Ransom v. Frances Hugh Brennan, of the Estate of William J. Brennan,deceasedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Miller v. Miller, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1985
- H.P.A. v. S.C.A.Alaska Supreme Court · 1985
- Thomes v. PorterCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
- In the Interest of D.S.Court of Appeals of Texas · 2002
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