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TEXAS SUPREME COURT CASES RELATED TO FAMILY LAW

In Re Zandi, No. 07­0919 (Tex. May 30, 2008)(per curiam) (child support contempt, habeas corpus granted)
IN RE REZA ZANDI; from Denton County; 2nd district (02-07-00348-CV, ___ S.W.3d ___, 10-18-07)
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 52.8(c), without hearing oral argument, the petition for writ of
habeas corpus is granted and relator is ordered discharged.
Per Curiam Opinion

In re TDFPS (CPS), No.  08-0391 (Tex. May 29, 2008)(per curiam) (CPS case against FLDS sect)
IN RE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES; from Schleicher County; 3rd district (
03-08-
00235-CV, ___ S.W.3d ___, 05-22-08) motion for emergency relief denied
Per Curiam Opinion
Justice
O'Neill delivered an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Justice Johnson and Justice
Willett joined.

In re Texas DFPS (CPS), No. 08-0403 (Tex. May 29, 2008)(per curiam) (CPS mass custody case)
IN RE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES; from Schleicher County; 3rd district (
03-08-
00298-CV, ___ S.W.3d ___, 05-22-08)
motion for emergency relief denied
motion to exceed page limit granted   
Per Curiam Opinion
Justice O'Neill, joined by Justice Johnson and Justice Willett, concurring in part and dissenting in part for the reasons
explained in Justice O'Neill's separate opinion in No. 08-0391.

In Interest of KCB, a Child, No. 07-1068 (Tex. Apr. 18, 2008) (per curiam) (right to appeal in termination of parental
rights case, procedural requisites for appeal)
IN THE INTEREST OF K.C.B., A CHILD; from Collingsworth County; 7th district (07-07-00032-CV, 240 S.W.3d 454,
10-11-07)
motion to request trial transcript denied
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 59.1, after granting the petition for review and without hearing oral
argument, the Court reverses the court of appeals' judgment and remands the case to that court.

In the Matter of H.V., No. 06-0005 (Tex. Apr. 11, 2008)(Brister) (juvenile law, Miranda warning,
requirements for effective invocation of right to counsel, suppression of confession, exclusion of evidence)
IN THE MATTER OF H.V.; from Tarrant County; 2nd district (
02-04-00029-CV, 179 S.W.3d 746, 11-17-05)
The Court affirms in part and reverses in part the court of appeals' judgment and remands the case to the
trial court.
Justice Brister delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice O'Neill, Justice Medina, Justice Johnson,
and Justice Willett joined.
Chief Justice
Jefferson delivered an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Justice
Wainwright and Justice Green joined, and in which Justice Hecht joined as to Parts I, III, and V.

Chu v. Hong, No. 06-0127 (Tex. Mar. 28, 2008)(Brister)(family law, divorce, property transfer to third parties, fraud
on community by spouse not actionable as independent tort, no double recovery)
WILLIAM CHU v. CHONG HUI HONG; from Tarrant County; 2nd district (02-04-00279 CV, 185 S.W.3d 507, 10-20-05)
The Court reverses the court of appeals' judgment and renders judgment.
Justice Brister delivered the opinion of the Court.

Alfonso v. Skadden, No. 07-0321 (Tex. Mar. 28, 2008)(per curiam)
(
child custody jurisdiction, international family law, service by publication)
ANA MARIA TARQUIS ALFONSO v. MICHAEL SKADDEN; from Harris County; 14th district (14-05-00489-CV & 14-05-
00488-CV, ___ S.W.3d ___, 03-06-07)
motion to strike reply brief dismissed as moot
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 59.1, after granting the petition for review and without hearing oral
argument, the Court reverses the court of appeals' judgment and renders judgment.

In the Interest of D.N.C. (Tex. Mar. 8, 2008)(child protection, DFPS suit, termination of parental rights, natural parent
presumption, award to conservatorship to child protection agency properly reversed along with termination of
parental rights in the absence of independent basis for rebutting parental presumption)
07-0621 IN THE INTEREST OF D.N.C., A CHILD; from Harris County; 1st district (01-04-01232-CV,
227 S.W.3d 799, 12/21/06)
— consolidated with —
07-0622 IN THE INTEREST OF T.L.J. AND T.B.J., CHILDREN; from Harris County; 1st district (01-04-01233-CV, 227
S.W.3d 799, 12/21/06)
— consolidated with —
07-0623 IN THE INTEREST OF T.J.C. AND T.D.C., CHILDREN; from Harris County; 1st district (01-05-00124-CV,
227 S.W.3d 799, 12/21/06)
— consolidated with —
07-0624 IN THE INTEREST OF E.D.C., A CHILD; from Harris County; 1st district (01-05-00126-CV, 227 S.W.3d 799,
12/21/06)
— consolidated with —
07-0625 IN THE INTEREST OF J.D.M., A CHILD; from Harris County; 1st district (01-05-00127-CV, 227 S.W.3d 799,
12/21/06)


PETITIONS FOR REVIEW DENIED BY THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT

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08-0728          
ELIZABETH W. BUFKIN v. EDWARD O. BUFKIN, JR.; from Dallas County; 5th district (05-06-01719-CV, 259 SW3d
343, 07-01-08) 2 petitions, pet. denied Nov. 2008))(prejudgment interest reversed, admissibility of expert testimony,
divorce fault grounds, prenup,
stipulation agreement)

07-1044  
MOHAMMED MALEKZADEH v. REBECCA MALEKZADEH; from Harris County; 14th district
(14-05-00113-CV, ___ S.W.3d ___, 07-03-07, pet. denied may 2008) as reinstated
(
family law divorce case, divorce property division, separate property, visitation denial)

08-0149  
IN THE INTEREST OF J.D.D., B.J.D., AND W.G.D., CHILDREN; from Collin County; 5th district
(05-06-00463-CV, 242 S.W.3d 916, 01-08-08, pet. denied)
(family law,
child support, motion to modify, reduction denied)

07-0042  
JULIE HOBBS v. KATHLEEN VAN STAVERN; from Galveston County; 1st district
(01-05-00632-CV, ___ SW3d ___, 11-02-06, pet. denied Feb 2008)(family law, SAPCR, same sex relationship,
adoption, standing as parent)