Williams v. Patton

Supreme Court of Texas · Decided 1992-02-05

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PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, dissenting. I respectfully dissent. The court’s holding imposes upon divorced parents wishing to compromise arrearages in child support a time-consuming and expensive procedure, with little or no corresponding benefit to themselves, their offspring or society. Today’s ruling, despite the lofty rhetoric accompanying it, is but another example of judicially imposed make-work for the bench…

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