February 5, 2026 Case Law Update Rights and Duties Texas Court of Appeals Finality Achieved: Using Affirmed Indecency Convictions to Trigger Mandatory Termination and Conservatorship Bans under TFC § 161.001 and § 153.004
February 5, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Tactical Reset: Utilizing Trial Court Nonsuits to Moot Adverse Appellate Proceedings in High-Conflict Litigation
February 5, 2026 Case Law Update Disocvery Texas Court of Appeals The ‘Impossible’ Deadline: Why a Retroactive Discovery Cutoff May Not Warrant Mandamus Relief Without a Specific Record of Harm
February 5, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Mandamus Alert: Rule 145 Shields Indigent Litigants from ‘Pay-to-Play’ Court Registry Orders
February 5, 2026 Case Law Update Property Texas Court of Appeals Defending Business Valuations in Divorce: 14th COA Clarifies ‘Legal Sufficiency’ for Expert Assumptions and Financial Modeling
February 5, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Redaction vs. Sealing: Why Your Interlocutory Appeal Over Sensitive Data Will Be Dismissed
February 5, 2026 Appeals Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Briefing Deadlines are Jurisdictional Death: 14th Court Reminds Litigants that Failure to File Results in Automatic Dismissal under TRAP 42.3(b)
February 5, 2026 Case Law Update Mandamus Texas Court of Appeals Don’t Sue the Clerk: Navigating Mandamus Jurisdictional Traps in Family Law Litigation
February 5, 2026 Case Law Update Mandamus Texas Court of Appeals Mandamus Denied: Protecting the ‘Lis Pendens’ and Trial Court Discretion in New Trial Orders
February 5, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Procedural Trap: Domestication of a Non-Final Foreign Order Under Chapter 35 Creates Only an Interlocutory Order, Not an Appealable Judgment
