March 9, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: The ‘Herculean Task’ of Overcoming a Guilty Plea: Why Recantations Rarely Undo the Family Law Consequences of a Criminal Conviction
March 9, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Silence and Deception: Leveraging Post-Incident ‘Cleanup’ and Private Fifth Amendment Invocations in Family Litigation
March 9, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Protecting Your Contempt Order: Why Silence at ‘Sentencing’ Waives the Right of Allocution in Quasi-Criminal Family Law Matters
March 9, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: The ‘Exhibit A’ Jurisdictional Trap: Why Incomplete Transfer Orders Between District and County Courts Can Render Orders Void.
March 4, 2026 Case Law Update Family Violence Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: The ‘Paper Trail’ Defense: Challenging Jurisdiction When Family Violence Cases are Improperly Transferred Between Courts
March 4, 2026 Appeals Case Law Update Deadlines Texas Court of Appeals Eighth Court of Appeals Dismisses Appeal for Failure to Pay Fees and Secure Clerk’s Record
March 4, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: No Exigency Needed: Validating Warrantless Arrests for ‘Breach of the Peace’ at the Scene of Domestic Incidents
March 4, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Procedural Weaponization: Dismissing Collateral Misdemeanor Charges via Defective District-to-County Transfer Orders
March 4, 2026 Arbitration Case Law Update Marital Agreements Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Enforcing Arbitration in Marital Contracts: Proponent Bears the Burden to Prove the Agreement’s Existence Before Any Presumptions Kick In
March 4, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: The ‘Bona Fide Purchaser’ Shield: Why Fraudulent Transfers to Third Parties May Be Irreversible in Property Divisions