July 7, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Outcry Error but No Reversal: Fort Worth Holds Any Article 38.072 Misdesignation Harmless in Child-Sex-Assault Appeal | Flores v. State (2026)
July 7, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Self-Defense Defeats Protective Order | Lydick v. Herrera (2026)
July 7, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Section 7.001 Abuse-of-Discretion Review Defeats Property-Division Challenge | In re A.S.L. (2026)
July 7, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Family Code 161.001(f)(1) Reasonable Efforts | In re T.R.C. (2026)
July 7, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Interlocutory fee order labeled ‘final’ does not cut off plenary power under Lehmann | Elder v. Miller (2026)
July 7, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Mandamus Trims Overbroad Similar-Incident Discovery—A Useful Blueprint for Limiting Multi-Location Records Requests | In Re Dollar Tree Stores (2026)
July 7, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Sexually Violent Predator appeal highlights expert-scope limits and Fifth Amendment testimony issues family lawyers can analogize in abuse-related civil trials | In Re Ricks (2026)
July 2, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Property Presumption Controls Divorce Characterization | Sanchez v. Hernandez (2026)
July 2, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals UCCJEA Home-State Jurisdiction Supports Texas Divorce Decree | De Oliveira (2026)
July 2, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Contempt Cannot Enforce Violations Occurring before Order is Signed| In re Acosta (2026)
