Dear v. Russo

OPINION

MORRIS, Justice.

This case involves questions about the finality of a foreign judgment filed in Texas under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act. In five points of error, William C. Dear contends the trial court erred in holding that the foreign judgment he filed was not final. We conclude that Dear failed to meet his burden to show the judgment’s finality because he neither filed a facially final foreign judgment nor made a separate showing that the judgment he filed was final. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

Factual BackgRound

In late 1994, William C. Dear…