Enforcing Prevailing-Party Fee Clauses in Parenting Plans: Untimely Contempt Appeals and Reasonableness Proven by Competent Evidence Introduction In Okragly v. Keitel, 2026 MT 127N (Mont. June 9,...
Oral §263.401(b) Extension Must Be Rendered in the Presence of a Court Reporter; Setting Trial After the Deadline Does Not Preserve Jurisdiction (Lehrmann, J., dissenting) I. Introduction This Texas...
UCCJEA Home-State Priority in Abuse-and-Neglect: Vacatur Required Absent Home-State Court Declination 1. Introduction In re A.N. and I.N., No. 25-396 (W. Va. June 8, 2026) is a memorandum decision...
Texas Parental-Termination Deadline: No Jurisdiction Past § 263.401(a) Without a Timely Rendered Extension Order 1. Introduction Case: In the Interest of C.S. Jr. and Z.S., Children, No. 25-0008...
Texas Constitutional Challenges Must Target the Enforcing Officer or Real Adversary—Not “The State of Texas” Generally Introduction The State of Texas v. City of McAllen, et al. (Tex. June 5, 2026)...
Termination of Parental Rights Requires Explicit, Child-by-Child Findings of Likely Serious Harm from Continued Dependency Under All Non-Termination Options Introduction In In the Interest of J. K.,...
Deference to Board Findings Controls Denial of Added Compensable Components and Related Surgery Despite Moore Presumption Arguments 1. Introduction In Bobby Snelson v. Bobby Snelson Bob's Painting,...
UCCJEA Home-State Priority as a Jurisdictional Bar in West Virginia Abuse-and-Neglect Proceedings In re A.N. and I.N., No. 25-402 (W. Va. June 8, 2026) (memorandum decision) 1. Introduction This...
“Husband and Wife” in a Quiet Title Judgment—Including the Caption—Manifests Tenancy by the Entirety (and § 34-1-140(b) Codifies, Not Changes, Wyoming Law) 1. Introduction In Natusha Lewis v. Brenda...
Texas Supreme Court: The State May Not Condition Parental Rights on Divorce; Best-Interest Must Be Proven With Clear-and-Convincing Evidence, and § 263.401 Extensions Are Required When Extraordinary...
Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Failure-to-Plan TPR on Rule 26.1(c) No-Merit Appeal When Record Supports Clear-and-Convincing Findings Case: Rooten, Allice v. Department of Family Services for...
Post-Removal Misconduct and Constructive Abandonment as Endangerment Evidence—and the Duty to Reach Alternative Termination Grounds (Justice Bland’s Partial Dissent) 1. Introduction Case: In the...
Qualified Health Care Providers Receive MMA Protection for Vicarious Liability Based on Non-QHP Nurses’ Malpractice I. Introduction In Ferlic v. Lovelace Health Sys., LLC (N.M. June 8, 2026), the...
Clark v. State: A Time-Limited Cellphone Warrant with a “Pertinent Data” Clause Is Overbroad—Not a General Warrant—So Targeted Digital Evidence Need Not Be Suppressed 1. Introduction In Clark v....
Nebraska Advantage Act Procedure: Transfer-Denial Letters as “Proposed Determinations” and First-Class Mailing of Deficiency Notices Without Return Receipts Case: MLB Advanced Media v. Nebraska Dept....
Repudiating Insurers Cannot Later Demand Suit-Paper Compliance or Reopen Default Damages Under Insurance Law § 3420 Case: Shattuck v Dryden Mut. Ins. Co., 2026 NY Slip Op 03538 (App Div, 4th Dept...
Labor Law § 240(1): A Worker’s Use of a Ladder Modified at a Tenant Employee’s Direction Defeats “Sole Proximate Cause” and Supports Summary Judgment 1. Introduction Delisle v. FBBT/US Props., LLC,...
UPMIFA “Impracticability” for Race-Restricted Scholarships After SFFA and Donor-Intent–Consistent Modification I. Introduction In re Ezra L. Totton Scholarship (Iowa June 5, 2026) addresses how Iowa...
State v. Hogan: GR 37 Preservation by “Simple Citation,” Corroboration Bar for Demeanor Reasons, and Rebuttable Presumption When GR 37(h) Reasons Are Used 1. Introduction In State v. Hogan (Wash....
Appellate Counsel Misconduct: Late Briefing and Premature Self-Ineffectiveness Claims as Prof.Cond.R. 8.4(d) Violations I. Introduction In Disciplinary Counsel v. Avery, Slip Opinion No....