Westphal v. Palmer

SAM. D. JOHNSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from an action under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, enacted in Texas in 1965. It is cited as Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. Art. 2328b-4 (1965).

On March 31, 1961, Catherine Westphal (her name following a subsequent marriage) was divorced from Charles Palmer in the Court of Domestic Relations of Harris County, Texas. Catherine Westphal was awarded the custody of the two minor children born of such marriage to Charles Palmer. Subsequently, Catherine Westphal moved to the state of Wisconsin and there established her residence and that of her…