Attorney General ex rel. Washington v. Rideaux

OPINION

OLIVER-PARROTT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, Tex.Fam.Code Ann. § 21.01 (Vernon Supp.1992) (RURESA) paternity suit, which the trial court dismissed with prejudice on the basis of res judicata because two prior suits had been dismissed for lack of appearance and want of prosecution. In its sole point of error, appellant contends the trial court erred in holding that a dismissal for want of prosecution, or for lack of appearance, bars subsequent suit on the merits. The judgment of the trial court is reversed and the cause…