A jury convicted Benjamin Harrison Baker of assault on a family member. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. 22.01(a)(1) (West 2011). The trial court assessed punishment at one year of confinement, but probated the sentence and placed Baker on community supervision for two years. On appeal, Baker contends that the

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trial court violated his constitutional right to confront a witness against him ... More...   $0 (05-16-2013 - TX)

Petitioner-Appellee initiated proceedings pursuant to Article 3 of the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Oct. 25, 1980, T.I.A.S. No. 11, 679, 1343 U.N.T.S. 89, reprinted in 51 Fed. Reg. 10, 494 (Mar. 26, 1986) (“Hague Conventionâ€� or “Conventionâ€�), implemented by the International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA), 42 U.S.C. § 11601 et seq. (2000), whic... More...   $0 (05-14-2013 - NY)

1 On April 25, 2013, the Oklahoma Bar Association (Bar Association), notified the Court that the respondent, Craig Steven Key (Attorney/respondent), resigned from the Oklahoma Bar Association pending disciplinary proceedings. The disciplinary proceedings relate to: misappropriation of client funds; failure to provide accounting of settlement funds, failure to communicate with clients, conflict of ... More...   $0 (05-10-2013 - OK)

We affirm the trial court‟s judgment holding defendant Bruce Elieff liable for misstating his authority to bind a group of real estate businesses known as the “Joint Entitiesâ€� in the course of agreeing to buy out his former partner, plaintiff Todd Kurtin. We affirm the trial court‟s posttrial order denying Elieff‟s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. And we affirm the trial ... More...   $0 (05-09-2013 - CA)

Proceeding pro se, George Haddy appeals from the trial court’s order granting John W. Caldwell, Jr.’s motion for summary judgment on no-evidence grounds and dismissing Haddy’s legal-malpractice claim against Caldwell. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Haddy, and his then-wife Ana, hired Caldwell to pursue a medical-malpractice claim against United States Army physici... More...   $0 (05-08-2013 - TX)

The former husband, Mark S. Weissman, a medical doctor, seeks certiorari review of a September 5, 2012, order that was entered postjudgment in the dissolution proceeding between him and his former wife. This court previously granted certiorari relief as to a portion of an emergency ex parte order that was entered by the

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trial court after the entry of this order. See Weissman v.... More...   $0 (05-08-2013 - fl)

Appellant, former husband, appeals the trial court’s order denying his petition for modification of his child support obligation. For the reasons explained below, we reverse.

Facts

The trial court entered a jointly-stipulated final judgment of dissolution in 2005. At the time of the divorce, the parties had three minor children, ages 4, 8, and 12. Included in the final judgment was... More...   $0 (05-06-2013 - FL)

2 Richard James and Ronald Mallay appeal from judgments
3 of conviction based on their participation in a wide-ranging
4 conspiracy that involved fraudulently obtained life insurance
5 policies for members of their extended families and others in the
6 Guyanese and Guyanese-American community, and, in several
7 instances, murder of the insured in order to collect on those
8... More...   $0 (05-01-2013 - NY)

This is an appeal from a judgment terminating a mother’s parental rights to her six children. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS) sought termination of both the mother’s and the father’s parental rights. After a bench trial, the court found TDFPS presented clear and convincing evidence establishing that Appellant: knowingly placed or knowingly allowed the [children... More...   $0 (04-30-2013 - TX)

Paul Michael Leighton appeals the trial court’s judgment declaring that he and Elizabeth Rebeles formed a general partnership and dividing the partnership assets between them. Specifically, Leighton challenges the jury’s finding that Rebeles did not release her claim to the partnership assets at issue. Leighton further challenges the trial court’s entry of judgment notwithstanding the verdic... More...   $0 (04-30-2013 - TX)

Evelyn Jones appeals from a Travis County district court’s order striking and dismissing her petitions to modify orders in two suits (later consolidated) affecting the parent-child relationship. The district court struck and dismissed the pleadings on the ground that they constituted an impermissible collateral attack on a prior final order of a Williamson County court. In five issues, Jones con... More...   $0 (04-30-2013 - TX)

The People of the States of California charged Catherine Kieu, age 50, with torture and aggravated mayem claiming that she drugged her husband anc cut off his penis and tossing it into the garbage disposal on July 11, 2011. The State claimed that Kieu drugged the victim's tofu with sleeping pills and screamed "You deserve it!" before attacking him with a 10-inch kitchen knife. It also claimed that... More...   $0 (04-30-2013 - )

In 2011, Appellant C.H. Canada (Carol) filed a bill of review challenging an agreed divorce decree that was signed on May 18, 2000. The trial court granted a combined traditional and no-evidence motion for summary judgment filed by W.R. Canada, Jr. (Ralph). Carol perfected an appeal, raising eleven issues challenging the summary judgment. We will affirm.

The trial court also found that Caro... More...   $0 (04-25-2013 - TX)

Maribel Monroy executed two promissory notes with WMC Mortgage Corp. (WMC) when purchasing a home in Richmond, California in 2006 (the Richmond property). After a foreclosure on the senior deed of trust, Heritage Pacific Financial, LLC (Heritage) acquired Monroy‘s second promissory note from WMC. Heritage sent Monroy a letter attached to a complaint and summons advising her that Heritage had fil... More...   $0 (04-25-2013 - CA)

¶1 In January 2006, Robert Cornett brought a lawsuit in the Oklahoma County District Court, challenging the sale of real property ordered to be sold by his ex-spouse, Rhonda Carr, in connection with the parties' divorce proceeding. According to the petition, a divorce judgment entered by the Seminole County District Court directed Carr to sell the subject property at the highest possible price an... More...   $0 (04-23-2013 - Ok)

WALTERS, J.
In this domestic relations case, we decide that, pursuant to ORS 107.1041 2
and ORS 107.135(15),2 3 a court may enforce an agreement between parents not to seek
4 modification of the child support terms of a stipulated judgment of dissolution unless to
5 do so would violate the law or contravene public policy. We also decide that, in this
6 case, father did not demo... More...   $0 (04-18-2013 - OR)

Anne Moreland Morai appeals from a decree of divorce dissolving the marriage between her and Suri Dorai. In four issues, Anne argues the trial court (1) erred by mischaracterizing certain property as Suri’s separate property, (2)

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abused its discretion by denying her motion for new trial, (3) abused its discretion by assigning Suri the responsibility of designating their child’s... More...   $0 (04-18-2013 - TX)

The trial court denied a motion to confirm child-support arrearage. Judith Lynn Smith appealed. In five issues, Judith argues the trial court erred by denying the motion because (1) it misconstrued the child-support provision of the divorce

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decree, (2) David Eugene Goodrum, Sr. is judicially estopped from arguing his child-support obligations ended before his youngest child turned ... More...   $0 (04-18-2013 - TX)

Nancy Richard challenges the trial court’s judgment after a bench trial on her divorce from Charles Towery and the division of their community estate. In six issues, Richard contests the trial court’s denial of her motion to strike certain

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evidence as a discovery sanction; the trial court’s characterization, valuation, and division of various assets; and the procedures employ... More...   $0 (04-18-2013 - TX)

Richard Bensinger produced and screened a film about Spacecon Specialty Contractors, LLC. Claiming the film conveyed several defamatory statements, Spacecon filed suit against Bensinger in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, based on diversity jurisdiction, asserting a state-law claim for defamation per se. The district court granted Bensinger’s motion for summary judg... More...   $0 (04-16-2013 - CO)

Norman J. Harris sued Susan Marks Harris, D. Todd Riddles and Cheek, Cheek & Cheek claiming:

1. Plaintiffs, Norma J. Harris (“Norma�) and Glenn E. Harris (“Bud�) (collectively, “Plaintiffs�), are individuals. They are citizens, residents, and domiciliaries of Oklahoma County, State of Oklahoma.

2. The first Defendant, Susan Marks Harris (“Susan Harrisâ€�), is an thd... More...   $0 (04-14-2013 - OK)

Mark Palmquist is a Marine Corps veteran who worked as a civilian employee with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs from 2004 to 2010. He was convicted of fraud in connection with his own receipt of veterans benefits.

Adverting to Garrity v. New Jersey, 385 U.S. 493 (1967), Palmquist challenges his conviction on grounds that statements he made during an interview with a Veterans Admini... More...   $0 (04-12-2013 - ME)

¶1 This case concerns a corporation‘s statutory and contractu-al duty to indemnify a corporate officer‘s criminal defense costs. Susie Strohm, the one-time CFO of ClearOne Communications, Inc., was charged with eight federal criminal counts relating to an investigation into certain accounting practices at ClearOne. She was later acquitted of all but one count. Strohm and her counsel, Dorsey, ... More...   $0 (04-09-2013 - UT)

Laura Chickadaunce (“Wife�) appeals the order dissolving her marriage to Mark Chickadaunce (“Husband�). She argues on appeal the trial court should not have granted joint legal and physical custody of the children, should have awarded Wife child support, and should not have awarded certain assets to Husband. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The facts favorable to the j... More...   $0 (04-09-2013 - IN)

Tori Driver (“Mother�) appeals the trial court’s modification of child support, raising for our review the sole issue of whether the trial court abused its discretion by omitting from Todd Driver’s (“Father�) weekly gross income certain of his bonus income.

We reverse and remand.

Facts and Procedural History

Mother and Father divorced on September 17, 2008, and the... More...   $0 (04-09-2013 - IN)