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DAWSON-AUSTIN v. AUSTIN

No. 96-0442.

968 S.W.2d 319 (1998)

Cynthia Lee DAWSON-AUSTIN, Petitioner, v. William Franklin AUSTIN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided February 13, 1998.

Rehearing Overruled July 3, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Evans, Jeffrey H. Kobs, Thomas M. Michel, Fort Worth, for petitioner.

Richard R. Orsinger, San Antonio, M.J. (Ike) Vanden Eykel, Dallas, John J. Sampson, Russell J. Weintraub, Austin, Harry L. Tindall, Houston, for respondent.

HECHT, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, SPECTOR, OWEN, and HANKINSON, Justices, joined.

The issues we address in this divorce action are whether the district court had in personam jurisdiction over the wife, and if not, whether the court nevertheless had jurisdiction to divide the marital estate. The court of appeals upheld personal jurisdiction. 920 S.W.2d 776. We disagree...

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