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IN RE OFFICE OF ATTY. GEN.

No. 11-0255.

422 S.W.3d 623 (2013)

In re The OFFICE OF the ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided March 8, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. McAlister , Law Offices of Kenneth L. McAlister, Robley E. Sicard , Thomas M. Michel , Griffith Jay & Michel LLP, Fort Worth, TX, for Noble Ezukanma.

Jessica Hall Janicek , KoonsFuller, Southlake, TX, Laurie Denise Robinson , Robinson & Smart P.C., Arlington, TX, Rebecca Ann Tillery , KoonsFuller PC, Dallas, TX, for Njideka Lawreta Ezukanma.

Alicia G. Key , Deterrean Gamble , John B. Worley , Michael D. Becker , William J. "Bill" Cobb III , Office of the Attorney General, Daniel T. Hodge , First Asst. Attorney General, Greg W. Abbott , Attorney General of Texas, David C. Mattax , Director of Defense Litigation, Office of the Attorney General, Jonathan F. Mitchell , Solicitor General, Office of the Attorney General, Kristofer S. Monson , Assistant Solicitor General, Austin, TX, Cynthia Dillard , Tarrant County Domestic, Bedford, TX, for The Office of the Attorney General.

Justice LEHRMANN delivered the opinion of the Court.

"The court may not find a respondent in contempt of court for failure to pay child support if the respondent appears at the hearing with ... evidence ... showing that the respondent is current in the payment of child support as ordered by the court." TEX. FAM.CODE § 157.162(d). We are called upon to interpret this section of the Texas Family Code, which provides a mechanism by which an obligor who has violated...

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