May 1, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Thirteenth Court Grants Mandamus, Holding Texas Trial Court Lacked Basis for Temporary Emergency UCCJEA Jurisdiction to Order Child’s Return to Mexico
May 1, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Agreed lifetime protective order cannot be shortened on appeal when respondent consented to form and substance and waived post-order relief
May 1, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Fort Worth Court Grants Mandamus: Section 156.102 Applies Based on Petition Filing Date, Not Hearing Date
May 1, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Forged Transfer of Community Homestead Is Void; Family-Law Litigators Can Defeat Buyer ‘Agency’ Theories Without Spousal Joinder or Authority
May 1, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals Tyler Court Denies Mandamus for Failure to Provide Rule 52 Appendix and Record
May 1, 2026 Case Law Update Texas Court of Appeals CROSSOVER: Tyler Court Affirms Family-Violence Assault on 911 Call and Officer Statements Despite Victim Recantation
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
