April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Capital Murder Appeal Offers Family-Law Crossover: Defendant’s Self-Serving Police Interview Kept Out as Hearsay Despite Excited-Utterance/Mental-State Claims
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Mandamus Win for Family-Law Litigants: Oral/Docket ‘New Trial’ Doesn’t Extend Plenary Power—Late Signed New-Trial Order Is Void
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Probate Heirship Fight Turns on Informal Marriage Proof—Judicial Notice Limits and Sufficiency Standards Matter in Family Property Cases
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Texas 14th COA: No Offer of Proof, No Appeal—How to Preserve Excluded Business/Medical Records in Family Trials
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Texas 14th Court: TMLA Expert-Qualification Attacks Are Waived If Not Objected to Within 21 Days—‘Unqualified’ Report Still Counts as a Report
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: TTCA Election-of-Remedies Can Knock Out a City-Employee Respondent in Family-Law Collision/Abuse-Related Civil Claims
