Legal Opinion
Cunningham v. Cunningham
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided August 21, 1986No. 05-86-00043-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Justice.
Robert R. Cunningham appeals from a default judgment of divorce which dissolved his marriage to Marthalynn Cunningham, divided the property, appointed Marthalynn managing conservator of the only child of the marriage, appointed him possessory conservator, and ordered him to pay child support plus Marthalynn’s attorney’s fees. Robert did not make a general appearance to contest the merits but, instead, made a special appearance to contest the subject matter jurisdiction and in per-sonam jurisdiction of the court. Consequently, the only issues on appeal are: (1) whether under the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Kulko v. Superior Court of Cal., City and County of San FranciscoSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Wheeler v. District Court in & for City & Co. of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1974
- Peterson v. PetersonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
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3Cited by11 opinions
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