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TEXAS DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES v. CHAPMAN

No. 19558.

570 S.W.2d 46 (1978)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, Appellant, v. Ricky L. CHAPMAN, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied August 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Smith, State Dept. of Public Welfare, Dallas, for appellant.

Gerald W. Livingston, Bean, Francis, Ford & Wills, Dallas, for appellee.

ROBERTSON, Justice.

The Texas Department of Human Resources sued Ricky L. Chapman under the provisions of Section 13.01 et seq. of the Texas Family Code to establish a parent-child relationship between Chapman and an illegitimate child. The department brought the action under an assignment from the child's mother. Chapman filed a plea in bar asserting that the suit was barred by the statute of limitations set forth...

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