Shaw v. Shaw

DIES, Chief Justice.

In 1968 appellee (Mrs. Shaw) obtained a divorce from her husband (appellant) in Germany. By agreement, appellant “shall pay to Mrs. Shaw a monthly allowance for support in the amount of $450.00,” etc. Husband failed to make the support payments as agreed. In 1971, Mrs. Shaw obtained a Texas judgment enforcing the agreement to pay support, which judgment was affirmed. Shaw v. Shaw, 483 S.W.2d 825 (Tex.Civ.App.—San Antonio 1972, no writ). The judgment remains unsatisfied, and wife brings the present garnishment action, seeking to obtain the amounts owed from her husband’s…