In Missouri v. McNeely (2013) 569 U.S. ___ [133 S.Ct. 1552] (McNeely), the United States Supreme Court held that, before the police may conduct a nonconsensual blood test of a motorist who is arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), the police must either obtain a warrant from a detached magistrate or later show that exigent circumstances prevented them from timely ob

Appellant Leatha A. Munai appeals the trial court’s division of property in her divorce from appellee William K. Munai. We conclude the trial court did not abuse its discretion and affirm the trial court’s judgment. Because all dispositive issues are settled in law, we issue this memorandum opinion. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.4.
BACKGROUND
Leatha and William were married in August, 1

At issue is whether Washington State has personal jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdiction over an Idaho police officer who allegedly assaulted an Idaho resident just within this state's border. The trial court ruled that Washington State lacked personal jurisdiction over Allen Ashby. Given the facts alleged, we hold that Washington has both personal jurisdiction and subject matter jurisdictio

The Board ofIndustrial Insurance Appeals closed Ana Zavala's industrial insurance claim, which ruling the Franklin County Superior Court affirmed. Zavala appeals and asks this court to reopen her claim or, in the alternative, to increase her disability rating. The appeal requires discussion ofthe "lit up" doctrine under workers' compensation law. Zavala primarily argues that her testimony and the

Wife appeals a judgment of dissolution, challenging
the trial court’s division of the parties’ property, spousal
support award to her, and determination of child support.
She contends that the property division was inequitable
because the trial court based its decision on erroneous findings
of fact and awarded husband too great a share of the
parties’ m

Defendant Julius W. Lewis was convicted by a jury of five counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a)), and was sentenced to 29 years to life in prison.1 One count involved conduct with Angelina B. in 2006 or 2007, and the other four involved conduct with Teresa C. in August, September, and October of 1989. Lewis was ordered to pay over $1.5 million in victim rest

A jury convicted defendant Dana Lee Russell Wilson of one count of assault with a deadly weapon (count 1; Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (a)(1))1 and three counts of making criminal threats (counts 2, 4, and 5; § 422). The jury further found that defendant personally used a deadly weapon (§ 12022, subd. (b)(1)) in connection with count 2, and that he committed a secondary offense while released

In this child custody dispute following a final custody determination, we issue a peremptory writ in the first instance because respondent court has improperly deprived petitioner of an opportunity to be meaningfully heard before granting real party’s move-away request to take the two minor children from the State of California to the State of Washington.
A meaningful hearing is a criti

¶1 This appeal by Jessica Donn Watson and cross-appeal by Sylvia G. Watson arise from proceedings to probate the intestate estates of Donovan Myrl Watson, Donovan Perren Watson (his father), and Myrl Louise Watson (his mother). Jessica is the minor child of Donovan Myrl Watson's second marriage and the granddaughter of Donovan Perren Watson and Myrl Louise Watson. Sylvia sought and obtained rec

Patrick Winton appeals a final order finding him in contempt for failing to
pay family support arrearages of $173,371.00, setting a purge amount of
$38,800.00, and directing him to show cause why he should not be incarcerated if
he failed to pay the purge amount on or before April 30, 2014. The order was
entered following earlier proceedings in which jurisdiction over the partiesâ

Darlene D. Atkinson (the Former Wife) challenges the trial court's order that terminated the obligation of Ronald L. Atkinson (the Former Husband) to pay permanent periodic alimony. The trial court based its order on a ruling that the Former Wife had been engaged in "cohabitation with a male" within the meaning of the parties' Marital Settlement Agreement (the MSA). The Former Husband cross-appeal

A father appeals the visitation provisions of the decree dissolving his marriage. Specifically, the father challenges a geographical restriction in the decree that limits the father’s summer visitation with his son to visitation within the United States until the child is sixteen years old. The father contends he should be able to exercise summer visitation with his son in Israel prior to t

A former husband appeals from the entry of a military pension division order, contending the order violates federal law prohibiting the division of disability benefits. See 10 U.S.C. § 1408(a)(4)(C) (defining “disposable retired pay,” which is subject to division, and specifically excluding disability pay). For the reasons that follow, we modify the military pension division order.<

K.Y. (Father) appeals from the juvenile court’s March 25, 2014 jurisdictional and dispositional orders (1) declaring five-year-old Cole Y. a dependent of the court pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, subdivision (b) (failure to protect);1 (2) terminating the case with a family court order granting physical custody to Mother and monitored visitation to Father of a minimum

Plaintiffs and appellants (appellants) are five former employees of Pacific Bell who took early retirement, with the option to take a pension or a lump sum payment. All appellants chose the lump sum, persuaded to do so by respondent Sharon Kearney, with whom each appellant had significant interaction, having first learned of her from presentations made at the Pacific Bell premises. And all appella

In this will contest case, we are asked to decide whether the trial court erred by granting a motion for directed verdict favoring the proponent of the testatrix’s 1997 will. In three issues, the appellants argue that the trial court improperly granted the motion for directed verdict, erred by admitting the testatrix’s 1997 will for probate, and erred by denying a post-trial motion,

A.L. appeals from the termination of his parental rights to his two-year-old daughter L.L.1 He does so by contesting the sufficiency of the evidence to support the statutory grounds of termination as well as the finding that termination was in the best interest of the child. We affirm the order.
The standard of review is that set forth in In re K.M.L., 443 S.W.3d 101 (Tex. 2013). The evidence

James Andrews Frasure challenges a protective order entered in favor of his estranged wife, Vane Monyenche Frasure.1 In his first two issues, James contends the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support the trial court’s findings that family violence has occurred and is likely to occur in the future. In his third issue, James contends the trial court abused its discretion by

You cross continents and spend years trying to collect a judgment for your client. Late one Friday afternoon, the debtor‟s lawyer walks into your office and hands you a cashier‟s check for almost $13 million, covering the entire judgment and all accumulated interest. Do you accept the check or say, “No thank you, I need to make a motion for attorney fees first?” Put another

Plaintiffs and appellants Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission (Commission) and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Association (Association)1 appeal from a judgment and order of dismissal entered following the sustaining without leave to amend of demurrers by defendants and respondents Insomniac, Inc. (Insomniac); Pasquale Rotella (Rotella); Go Ventures, Inc. (Ventures); and Reza Gerami (Gerami).2

In order to access their home in Novato, California, James Scott Richardson and Lisa Donetti (respondents) had to traverse land belonging to their neighbors, Greg and Terrie Franc (appellants) on a 150-foot long road which was authorized by an easement for “access and public utility purposes.” Over a 20-year period, both respondents and their predecessors-in-interest maintained landsca

[¶1] Gordon E. Viola appeals from a divorce judgment entered by the
District Court (Portland, Mulhern, J.) ordering him to pay spousal support, marital
debt obligations, and attorney fees to Maria K. Viola. We vacate the portion of the
judgment regarding attorney fees and remand for redetermination of a reasonable
amount. We affirm the judgment in all other respects.
I. BACK

[¶1] When Patricia Mae Voter and Dexter R. Voter divorced in 2006 after
twenty-seven years of marriage, the divorce judgment required Dexter to pay
Patricia general spousal support of $1,300 per month until he retired, when the
amount of support would become “1/2 of his retirement earnings.” After Dexter
retired in 2013, he filed a post-judgment motion to modify the

In resolving this appeal, which requires us to consider the
due process limitations on the exercise of personal jurisdiction over certain
foreign corporations, we hold that because a product manufactured by these
foreign corporations was sold—as an integrated component part of retail
consumer goods—into Washington in high volume over a period of years, the
corpora

In this case involving the California Public Records Act (PRA) (Gov. Code, § 6250 et seq.), Julia Anna Bertoli (Bertoli) and her attorney David Rouda (Rouda) (collectively, appellants) appeal from the trial court‟s order finding their PRA litigation “clearly frivolous” and awarding costs and attorneys fees to the City of Sebastopol (City) and certain other respondents pursuant