STATE BY AND THROUGH MATTOX v. BUENTELLO

No. 13-90-016-CV.

800 S.W.2d 320 (1990)

The STATE of Texas, By and Through its Attorney General Jim MATTOX, Appellant, v. Alain BUENTELLO, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

November 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Ryan, Atty. General's Office, Corpus Christi, Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Mary F. Keller, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Rhonda Amkraut Bayer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Child Support Enforcement, Richard G. Hoffman, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, for appellant.

Ida Brazell, Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before BENAVIDES, KENNEDY and SEERDEN, JJ.


OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

The State of Texas, subrogated to the rights of Maria R. Buentello in a child support case, appeals a default judgment on a bill of review in favor of Alain Buentello. By two points of error, the State contends that the trial court erred in granting the bill of review and in awarding attorney's fees to Alain. We affirm the trial court's judgment in part and reverse and render in part.

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