ATTORNEY GENERAL v. REDDING

No. 05-00-01786-CV.

60 S.W.3d 891 (2001)

The ATTORNEY GENERAL of the State of Texas, Appellant, v. William D. REDDING, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

November 19, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rhonda A. Pressley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Child Support Litigation, Austin, for appellant.

Shelly Benet West, Johnson & West, Dallas, for appellee.

Before Justices MOSELEY, O'NEILL, and FITZGERALD.


OPINION

MICHAEL J. O'NEILL, Justice.

The question presented in this appeal is whether issuing an administrative writ of withholding to enforce child support arrearages constitutes a retroactive law in violation of article I, section 16 of the Texas Constitution when the legislature created the administrative writ after the obligor's child became an adult, but before the obligor's liability for child support became...

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