Case Name: Gene SMITH, Trustee and Independent Executor, Petitioner, v. Mildred Ann BRAMHALL, Individually a/n/f, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1978-03-01
Citations: 563 S.W.2d 238
Docket Number: No. B-7147
Parties: Gene SMITH, Trustee and Independent Executor, Petitioner, v. Mildred Ann BRAMHALL, Individually a/n/f, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 563
Pages: 238–239

Head Matter:
Gene SMITH, Trustee and Independent Executor, Petitioner, v. Mildred Ann BRAMHALL, Individually a/n/f, Respondent.
No. B-7147.
Supreme Court of Texas.
March 1, 1978.
Clark Langford, Waxahachie, for petitioner.
Don R. Stout and Gene Knize, Waxaha-chie, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The application for writ of error is denied with the notation, "Refused. No Reversible Error." Our action should not be interpreted as approving the conclusion of the Court of Civil Appeals that "unpaid child support is . a debt for which judgment may be taken." 556 S.W.2d 112, 113. Section 14.09(c) of the Texas Family Code provides only that unpaid child support may be reduced to judgment and enforced by the same means as a judgment for a debt, not that such sums are debts.