April 30, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Texas civil stalking claim survives TCPA where threatening emails and calls are not protected speech or petitioning
April 30, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Article 38.37 notice complaints are waived without a continuance request—even after a specific pretrial objection
April 30, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Austin Court Limits Use of ‘Fight-or-Flight’ Psychology to Negate Intent—A Caution for Family-Violence and Child-Abuse Expert Designations
April 30, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Fourteenth Court Affirms Exclusion of Unauthenticated Jail/Prison Messages in Family-Violence Assault Case, Limiting Article 38.371 Use Without Proper Predicate
April 30, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Austin Court Says Divorce-Conflict Fiduciary-Duty Suit Against Former Family Lawyer Survives TCPA, Underscoring Expandable Attorney-Client Duties Around Closely Held Marital Entities
April 29, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Dallas Court: Juvenile Transfer Orders Under Family Code §54.02 Need Specific Reasons, Not an Exhaustive Recitation of Every Transfer-Factor Finding
April 29, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Amarillo Court Reverses $500,000 Divorce Damage Awards for Lack of Estate-Valuation Findings
April 29, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals First Court Affirms Termination Despite Invalid Former Subsection (O) Ground
April 29, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Fourteenth Court Holds Ineffective-Assistance Claim Unavailable in Private SAPCR Without Statutory or Constitutional Right to Counsel
April 29, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals First Court Denies Mandamus Where Relator Failed to Show Motions Were Presented to Trial Court
