March 3, 2026 Case Law Update Family Violence Fault Texas Court of Appeals The ‘I Was Just Trying to Drive Away’ Defense: Using Criminal ‘Mens Rea’ Standards to Prove Intent in Family Violence Protective Orders involving Vehicles.
March 3, 2026 Case Law Update Custody Texas Court of Appeals Coercive Coaching & The Fifth Amendment: Using Criminal Murder Appeals to Combat Fabricated Abuse Allegations in SAPCR Litigation
March 3, 2026 Case Law Update Mandamus Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Mandamus Trap: Why Your Temporary Order Appeal Will Fail Without a Properly Authenticated Record
March 3, 2026 Case Law Update Evidence Termination Texas Court of Appeals Ignorance of ‘Fentanyl’ vs. ‘Oxy’ Is No Defense: How Criminal Knowledge Standards Apply to Parental Endangerment Findings
March 3, 2026 Case Law Update Evidence Family Violence Texas Court of Appeals When ‘Protecting the Kids’ Becomes a Felony: Using Assault Convictions to Negate Self-Defense Claims in Custody Battles
March 3, 2026 Case Law Update Mandamus Texas Court of Appeals Mandamus in Family Law: Why a Deficient Record is Fatal to Challenging Temporary Orders
March 3, 2026 Case Law Update Jurisdiction Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: The ‘Legal Stranger’ Rule: Why Former State Officials (and Caseworkers) Can’t Appeal Official-Capacity Judgments Personally
March 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: The JP Mandamus Trap: Why Family Litigants Cannot Go to the Court of Appeals to Stop a Justice of the Peace.
March 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Mandamus Alert: Forcing Third-Party ‘Fault’ into Interspousal Tort Litigation
March 3, 2026 Case Law Update Evidence Texas Court of Appeals The ‘Harmless’ DWI Refusal: Why Procedural Errors Won’t Hide a 0.206 BAC in Custody Litigation
