OFFICE OF ATTY. GEN. OF TEXAS v. CRAWFORD

No. 01-08-00681-CV.

322 S.W.3d 858 (2010)

OFFICE OF the ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS, Appellant, v. David S. CRAWFORD, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

August 31, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Worley , Assistant Attorney General, Michael D. Becker , Assistant Attorney General, Rande K. Herrell , Assistant Attorney General, Child Support Division/Appellate Litigation Section, Austin, TX, for Appellant.

John Gordon Bock , Adair & Myers, PLLC, Houston, TX, for Appellee.

Panel consists of Justices JENNINGS, ALCALA, and MASSENGALE.


OPINION

MICHAEL MASSENGALE, Justice.

This appeal calls upon us to determine whether the Office of the Attorney General, in its capacity as the state's Title IV—D agency, has standing to sue to modify a child support order to provide support for adult disabled children. Because the Family Code excludes the OAG from its statutory grant of standing to specified classes of individuals authorized to bring such an action, and the OAG has received no assignment...

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