Houtchens v. Matthews

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

This case involves a motion to reduce unpaid child support to judgment under Section 14.09(c) of the Texas Family Code. The statute does not set forth any applicable statute of limitations. At the time of the hearing on the motion, the father was in arrears on the court-ordered child support payments in excess of eight years; however, the trial court decreed judgment to the mother for unpaid child support for only four years. The trial judge applied the four-year statute of limitations, as set forth in art. 5529 h The appellant contends that the ten-year statute of…