April 19, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Texas Criminal Appeal Reaffirms: Oral, Unsworn Continuance Request Preserves Nothing—Even When Defense Seeks Mental-Health Records of Article 38.37 Witness
April 19, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Default Judgment Service Rule Carries Family-Law Punch: No Re-Service of Amended Petition Required Unless Relief Becomes More Onerous
April 19, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Child sexual assault opinion validates excited-utterance route when Article 38.072 outcry proof falters
April 19, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Texas Restricted Appeal: Pro Se Letter Defeats No-Answer Default Against Individual, But Not Necessarily Entity
April 19, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Waco Court Upholds Article 38.37 Child-Sex-Abuse Extraneous-Offense Evidence Despite Staleness, Lack of Corroboration, and Prior CPS ‘Unsubstantiated’ Finding
April 19, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Austin Court Upholds 911 Call and EMS Records in Protective-Order Violation Trial Despite Victim’s Recantation
April 19, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Post-Answer Default Reversed: No Reporter’s Record in Trial De Novo Prevents Review of Proof After Failure to Appear
April 19, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Fourteenth Court Dismisses Mandamus Seeking Release of Child Support Payments for Lack of Jurisdiction
April 19, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Family-Violence Assault Sufficiency Opinion Reinforces How Minimal Corroboration Can Support Abuse Findings
April 19, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Beaumont Court Upholds Admission of 911 Gun Reference in Family-Violence Strangulation Appeal, Reinforcing Rule 403 Context Evidence
