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Avoiding a Default Judgment in Divorce
Mahady v. Mahady was a 2008 case out of Fort Worth where the husband and wife were married and had…
Evading Arrest or Detention
Typically, this offense is charged as a Class B Misdemeanor and has a range of punishment of up to 180…
Future income and the disposable income
The Fifth Circuit recently interpreted the phrase "projected disposable income" in section 1325(b)(1) for above-median Chapter 13 debtors. The…
Grandparent Access
In Spencer v. Vaughn, the mother and dad appealed from an order giving maternal grandparents rights of access to the…
Property of the estate
In Bradley v. Gressett, the Chapter 7 Trustee sued Gressett under Texas law for conspiring with the debtor to fraudulently…
Fraud & Forgery
The elements of forgery are that the State shows that the defendant (1) with the intent to defraud or harm…
Adoption and CPS foster parents
A 2008 case out of San Antonio involved a set of facts where Child A was adopted by Cindy and…
Post-Nuptial Agreements Enforcement in Chapter 7
The Chapter 7 debtor sought to invalidate a post-nuptial agreement requiring him to pay money to his wife upon divorce.The…
Burglary of a Motor Vehicle
HB 1887 creates new punishment enhances for the repeated commission of this offense. In addition, for purposes of determining the…
Juvenile Statements
Juvenile confessions are not always excluded upon a violation of the juvenile statutes. The Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art.…
Self Defense
The most fundamental of all defenses is the right to defend one's self from another's unprovoked attack. In Texas, we…
Automatic Stay and Foreclosure Prevention
A Northern District of Texas case involved a debtor who filed her third bankruptcy petition within the prior year. She…
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