TEXAS DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES v. DELLEY

No. 19667.

581 S.W.2d 519 (1979)

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, Appellant, v. Edward Charles DELLEY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied May 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis F. Boyd, Texas Dept. of Human Resources, Child Support Enforcement Branch, Austin, for appellant.

Michael J. O'Neill, Adolph P. Canales, Dallas, for appellee.

Before AKIN, ROBERTSON and CARVER, JJ.


AKIN, Justice.

This suit was brought to compel an alleged father to support an illegitimate child born before the enactment of Tex. Family Code Ann. §§ 13.01-13.09 (Vernon Supp. 1978-1979). The question is whether the action is barred by the four-year statute of limitations, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 5529 (Vernon 1958), or whether the statute is tolled during the minority of the child by Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann...

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