Monday, December 31, 2007

2007-2008 Texas Supreme Court SAPCR and Divorce Law Cases

FAMILY LAW AND CHILD PROTECTION CASES DECIDED BY THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT (2007- )

Holmes v. Beatty, No. 07-0784 (Tex. Jun. 26, 2009)(Jefferson)(probate law, right to survivorship accounts,
community property survivorship agreement)


In the Interest of E.A., No. 08-0157 (Tex. Jun. 5, 2009)(Jefferson) (method of service of amended
petition, sufficiency of service by certified mail under rule 21a when Defendant has been served with civil
process, but has not filed an answer or made appearance) (SAPCR modification proceeding brought within
one year of final order in underlying child custody suit).


Hagen v. Hagen, No. 07-1065 (Tex. May 1 2009)(Johnson) (family law, divorce decree, postjudgment clarification order, retirement disability benefits division, res judicata, relitigation)

In Interest of JOA, No. 08-0379 (Tex. May 1, 2009)(Medina)(termination of parental rights appeal,
constitutionality of statement of points requirement for appeal)


In re Coppock, No. 08-0093 (Tex. 2009)(O'Neill)
(
contempt in divorce case overturned by habeas corpus)


In Interest of M.N., a Child, No. 07-0698 (Tex. Aug. 29, 2008)(Johnson)
(
termination of parental rights, appellate procedure, extension to file statement of points for appeal)

Justice
Willett delivered a dissenting opinion (would address constitutional issue avoided by majority)

In Interest of SKA, MA, and SA, No. 07-1045 (Tex. July 25, 2008)(per curiam denial)
(constitutionality of Texas Family Code section 263.4059(i) not decided in this appeal, but pending before the court in another case)


In Re Chambless, No. 07-0767 (Tex. June 27, 2008) (per curiam) (family law, parental rights, grandparent visitation suit)(mandamus granted)

In re OAG, No. 08-0165 (Tex. June 27, 2008) (per curiam) (child support collection, temporary orders, TRO void orders set aside by mandamus)

In Re Zandi, No. 07­0919 (Tex. May 30, 2008)(per curiam) (child support contempt, habeas corpus relief granted)

In re TDFPS (CPS), No. 08-0391 (Tex. May 29, 2008)(per curiam) (CPS case against FLDS sect) (Department's mandamus petition in bid to overturn decision of the Austin Court of Appeals requiring return of children to mothers denied)

In Interest of K.C.B., a Child, No. 07-1068 (Tex. Apr. 18, 2008) (per curiam) (right to appeal in termination of parental rights case, procedural requisites for appeal)

Chu v. Hong, No. 06-0127 (Tex. Mar. 28, 2008)(Opinion by Justice Brister)(international family law, divorce marital property division, foreign spouse, community property transfer to third partie) (fraud on community by spouse not actionable as independent tort, no double recovery at the expense of third party, tort claim against husband's attorney also fails)

Alfonso v. Skadden, No. 07-0321 (Tex. Mar. 28, 2008)(per curiam) (international family law issues, divorce and SAPCR child custody jurisdiction, in personam jurisdiction, service by publication, collateral attack on child custody default judgment) (SAPCR order enforcement fails for want of subject-matter jurisdiction)

In the Interest of D.N.C. No. 07-0621 (Tex. 2008) (child protection, CPS, DFPS suit, termination of parental rights, natural parent presumption) (award of conservatorship to child protection agency properly reversed along with termination of parental rights in the absence of independent basis for rebutting parental presumption)

In Interest of J.A.J., No. 07-0511 (Tex. Nov. 2, 2007)(O'Neill) (termination of parental rights, CPS, DFPS suits) (conservatorship to DFPS not appealed)

In re Moore, No. 06-0544 (Tex. Aug. 31, 2007)(per curiam)
(SAPCR, nonparents, sanctions, child custody dispute between parent and nonparent)

Holmes v. Kent, No. 04-0729 (Tex. Apr. 20, 2007)(per curiam)
(TRS benefits dispute, change in beneficiary designation)

In the Estate of Marvin Nash, No. 05-0538 (Tex. Apr. 20, 2007)(Jefferson)(effect of divorce on will)

In Re Alvin Green, No. 06-0496 (Tex. Apr. 20, 2007)(per curiam)(contractual alimony not enforceable by contempt, habeas granted)

In Re Ricky Derzapf, No. 06-0669 (Tex. Mar. 23, 2007)(per curiam)(family law, SAPCR, grandparent suit, parent prevails over grandparent in dispute over access to grandchildren, mandamus granted)

Zipp v. Alisa Wuemling, No. 05-0731 (Tex. Mar. 9, 2007)(per curiam) (family law, guardianship, mootness issue)

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