March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Defining the ‘Safe Place’ Defense: Why Remote Abandonment Without a Phone Negates Safety in Family Violence Contexts
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: The ‘Shall’ That Wasn’t: Why Failing to Object to a Missing Financial Inquiry Forfeits Your Appeal in Quasi-Criminal Family Matters
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: The Preservation Trap: Why Silence Waives Mandatory ‘Ability-to-Pay’ Inquiries in Quasi-Criminal Family Law Matters
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Default Judgment Lifeline: Using Rule 118 to Cure Service Defects and the ‘Misnomer’ Trap in Family Law Litigation
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Collateral Attacks on the Decree: How Scrivener’s Errors in Divorce Orders Become Standing Weapons for Third-Party Litigators
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: The Rule 91a ‘Three-Day Trap’: Why Specific Pleading Deadlines Trump General Rules in Crossover Tort Litigation
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: San Antonio Court Reinforces Absolute Judicial-Proceedings Privilege: Defamation Claims Barred for Statements in Pleadings/Affidavits—Malice Irrelevant
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: The Indigence Shield: Striking Attorney Fee Reimbursement Orders Without Proof of ‘Material Change’
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: 911 Calls and ‘Affirmative Links’: Proving Weapon Possession in Shared Vehicles During Domestic Disputes
March 20, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals First Court of Appeals Affirms Parental Termination Based on Substance Abuse and Endangerment History
