Legal Opinion
Casterline v. Burden
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided December 14, 1977No. 19340PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTSON, Justice.
Walter J. Burden moved under § 14.-08(c)(2) of the Texas Family Code to modify the amount of his weekly child support obligation owed to the children of his former marriage to Carolyn D. Casterline. Upon trial to the court, judgment was rendered for Burden, and the child support obligation was reduced. Carolyn Casterline now appeals from that order. We affirm.
The initial question on the appeal is whether the trial court abused its discretion in reducing the amount of Burden’s weekly child support payments. If we conclude that the court properly reduced the payments, we must…
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