Alfonso v. Skadden

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 2008-03-28

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PER CURIAM. In this collateral attack on a child-custody default judgment, the underlying record affirmatively showed lack of subject-matter jurisdiction because the child had lived in Texas for only 25 days. The court of appeals held otherwise, presuming missing parts of the record might support jurisdiction. We agree courts must indulge all reasonable presumptions favorable to a…

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