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SLAUGHTER v. CLEMENT

No. 08-00-00174-CV.

64 S.W.3d 448 (2001)

Lisa Michelle Clement SLAUGHTER, Appellant, v. Brian Keith CLEMENT, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

October 18, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Thomas Hirsch, Hirsch & Stroder, L.L.P., Odessa, for appellant.

Sydney Weaver, Odessa, for appellee.

Before Panel No. 4 BARAJAS, C.J., LARSEN, and McCLURE, JJ.

OPINION

ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice.

The question we are asked to decide is whether a trial court may adjudicate a case on the merits upon the moving party's failure to appear for trial. Because we conclude that it may not, we reverse and remand.

FACTUAL SUMMARY

Lisa Michelle Clement Slaughter and Brian Keith Clement were divorced on July 21, 1992. The final decree of divorce was first modified on November 24, 1998. Slaughter filed...

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