April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Texas Child-Sexual-Assault Outcry: Objection Must Be Renewed at Trial or It’s Waived—And Wrong Outcry Witness Can Be Harmless If Same Facts Come In Elsewhere
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Texas Appellate Court: Newly Discovered Evidence New-Trial Claims Are Waived Without a Hearing and Competent Proof
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Outcry-Witness Designation and Judge’s Voir Dire Comments Upheld in Continuous Child Sexual Abuse Case—Key Crossover Lessons for Texas SAPCR/Protective-Order Trials
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Beaumont: Limits on Alternative-Perpetrator Evidence—How Far a Party Can Go Blaming a Third Person Without a Direct Nexus
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Rule 702 Gatekeeping: LPC‑Associate May Qualify to Diagnose Child PTSD Using CATS Tool—Blueprint for Family‑Court Experts
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Aggravated Assault ‘Family Member’ Conviction: Drug-Use Impeachment Excluded; Confrontation/Due-Process Complaint Waived Under Rule 33.1
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Texas DV Assault Appeal: ‘Victim’ Terminology Requires Repeated, Specific Objections (Due Process Complaint Forfeited)
April 3, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Rule 91a Limits ‘Backdoor Summary Judgment’: Pleading TTCA Motor-Vehicle Waiver Survives Early Dismissal
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
