IN RE A.D.

No. 00-0337.

73 S.W.3d 244 (2002)

In the Interest of A. D., a child.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided April 11, 2002.

Rehearing Overruled May 30, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rhonda Amkraut Pressley, John Cornyn, Atty. Gen. of State of Texas, Andy Taylor, First Assistant Atty. Gen., Howard G. Baldwin, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for Petitioner.

Michael Calvin Abbott, Orange, for Respondent.


Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court.

Until 1997, the Family Code provided that trial courts retain jurisdiction for four years from the time a current child-support obligation ended to enter an order directing the obligor's employer to withhold part of the obligor's wages for delinquent support. See Act of July 16, 1989, 71st Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 25, § 29, 1989 Tex. Gen. Laws 74, 87 (former Tex. Fam.Code § 14.43(r)) (amended 1997) (current...

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