DREYER v. GREENE

No. D-1183.

871 S.W.2d 697 (1993)

Kathleen Gresham DREYER, as Next Friend of A.D.D. and A.G.D., Minor Children, Petitioner, v. Philip S. GREENE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Overruled March 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene L. Smith, Rita Miller Fason, Houston, for petitioner.

John J. Sampson, Austin, Lewis Dickson, Houston, for respondent.


OPINION

HECHT, Justice.

Section 13.44(a)(1) of the Texas Family Code provides that a paternity suit "is barred if final judgment has been rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction ... adjudicating a named individual to be the biological father of the child...." The issue we address in this case is whether a finding in a divorce decree that the husband and wife are parents of certain children bars a later action by the children to establish that someone...

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