Today, February 26, 2016, the Texas Supreme Court has released In re J.Z.P. In this case, the mother was originally designated as the parent who could determine the children’s primary…
Mother Successfully Modifies Child Support and Receives Attorneys’ Fees
On January 7, 2016, the court of appeals in Dallas in In re Moore held Mother had shown a material and substantial change in circumstance of parties to allow for…
Justice Scalia Memorial
The National Review had a nice writeup on Justice Scalia. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/431272/justice-antonin-scalia-rip…
Order Naming State as child’s Managing Conservator over Father Reversed for a New Trial
On December 17, 2015, the Court of Appeals in Fort Wort, in In re S.T., held that the trial court abused its discretion by appointing the State as managing conservator…
Permant Child Support — Child Disability
On December 17, 2015, the Houston (First) Court of Appeals considered Thompson v. Smith, where the Father appealed an order for him to pay permanent child support for…
Alimony Terminated on the Earlier of a Specific Date or Death of Either Party
On December 17, 2015, the Houston (First) Court of Appeals considered In Hallsted v. McGinnis. In that case, the ex-Wife sued ex-Husband for delinquent alimony payments.
The non-prevailing party may be awarded attorney’s fees
On December 9, 2015, the San Antonio Court of Appeals considered dueling claims for attorney’s fees in In re R.E.S. Mother petitioned to modify a prior divorce decree to gain…
Failure to segregate fees means no contempt for failure to pay fees, and 62 days of makeup time was excessive
On December 1, 2015, the Houston Court of Appeals (14th District) considered whether attorney’s fees may be enforced by contempt in a custody enforcement case, in In re Braden. Mother…
Husband’s Incarceration meant no visitation, regular child support, disproportionate property division, and denial of continuance
In Tran v. Nguyen (Nov. 24, 2015), the 14th Houston Court of Appeals addressed a divorce where the husband was in jail for sexual assault of the wife’s child from…
Divorce on Cruelty Ground Not Required Even When the Facts Show it (Plus Characterization, Property Division, Fraud Claims, and Child Support)
In Villalpando v. Villalpando, the 14th Houston Court of Appeals (Nov. 17, 2015) affirmed the trial court’s property division, child support award, and its failure to grant a divorce on…