ATTORNEY GENERAL v. BESAW

No. 09-93-145 CV.

877 S.W.2d 32 (1994)

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS, on behalf of the STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA and Cathy Ray Stevens, Appellants, v. John Carter BESAW, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Rehearing Overruled June 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ana M. Zamarripa, Asst. Atty. Gen., Conroe, Tod L. Adamson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellants.

David Mills, Conroe, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., and BROOKSHIRE and BURGESS, JJ.


OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

The Attorney General of Texas brought this child support enforcement action against John Carter Besaw for the support of J.N.B., a minor child. Besaw responded with a plea to the subject matter jurisdiction of the trial court. Besaw alleged the South Carolina decree, which granted Cathy R. Stevens a divorce from him and ordered he pay child support, was void for lack of in personam jurisdiction. The trial court overruled Besaw's...

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