Boyden v. Salmonsen: Prima Facie Habeas Pleading Requirements and Pre‑Filing Limits for Repetitive Sentence‑Credit Challenges 1. Introduction In Boyden v. Salmonsen (Mont. Sup. Ct. OP 26-0345, filed...
When Legal Malpractice Is Not a “Lost Appeal” Case: Pre‑Appeal Negligence Allegations Defeat Richards Summary Judgment and Are Properly Clarified Through Discovery 1. Introduction In Bellamah v....
Multiclaim Attorney General Actions Must Follow Tort Venue Rules; “Original Injury” Lies Where the Plaintiff First Suffers Deprivation Case: Department of Health and Human Services v NRK RX, Inc...
Mandamus Requires a Clear Statutory Duty: No Compelled Consideration of Voter Affidavits in Nominating-Petition Signature Review Under MCL 168.552 1. Introduction Ariel Drissman v Michigan Department...
Dissenting Rule: Legal-Sufficiency Review Must Defer to the Jury in Termination Best-Interest Findings When a Parent Knowingly Re-Exposes Children to Domestic Violence and Ongoing Drug Use Case: In...
Foster Parents Cannot Obtain Title 41 Dismissal/Custody as “Noncustodial Parents,” and Title 40 Parenting Plans Cannot Create Nonparent Parental Interests While a Title 41 Case Is Pending 1....
Attorney General Discretion to Rewrite Initiative Ballot Statements, Limited by the “True and Impartial” Rule and Judicial Excisions of Argumentative Framing Case: Transparent Election Initiative v....
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...