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The Fourteenth Court of Appeals released its memorandum opinion in In re J.S., R.S., & M.J.S, No. 14-17-00024-CV, affirming a judgment for child support arrearage.
In 2000, a California court entered judgment requiring Father to pay child support of $352.00/mo. Mother registered the California child support judgment in Harris County in 2013 and moved to enforce it. At the hearing on the child support order, Father testified that he should be entitled to possession credit because he testified that one of the children lived with him for a 31-month period, but this testimony was contradicted by the testimony of Mother and Mother’s sister. At the conclusion of the hearing, the trial court rendered judgment that Father failed to pay $32,070.71 in child support, from February 2000 to November 2013 and that the accrued interest as of October 31, 2016 was $39,151.46, totaling $71,222.17, plus post-judgment interest and attorney’s fees of $4,500.00. On appeal, Father challenged the failure to award possession credit and the attorney’s fees. The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment because: 1) The evidence regarding Father’s purported possession of the daughter was contradicted by Mother and the trial court was within its rights to resolve the difference in Mother’s favor; and 2) His arguments against the award of fees lacked merit.
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