{"id":1183,"date":"2018-12-03T08:02:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T14:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2018-12-03T08:02:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T14:02:43","slug":"texas-appeals-court-upholds-mediated-settlement-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-mediated-settlement-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Upholds Mediated Settlement Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parties to a Texas divorce or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship may enter a mediated settlement agreement.\u00a0 To be a binding mediated settlement agreement, the agreement must meet certain statutory requirements.\u00a0 If it meets the requirements, the agreement is binding and the parties may obtain a judgment on it.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/first-court-of-appeals\/2018-01-17-00476-cv-0.pdf?ts=1539865993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent case<\/a>, a father challenged a mediated settlement agreement.\u00a0 After the divorce, the mother petitioned for modification of the parent-child relationship and the parties reached a settlement agreement in 2012.\u00a0 They reached additional agreements in 2014 and sought to have the trial courts render those agreements into a judgment.\u00a0 Each party moved to enter an agreed final order, but the proposed orders did not match.\u00a0 The court signed the father\u2019s proposed judgment, and the mother moved for a new trial.\u00a0 Before the motion was decided, the parties signed a new mediated settlement agreement (MSA) following another mediation in 2015.\u00a0 The mother filed a notice of settlement agreement.\u00a0 A proposed order granting the mother\u2019s motion for new trial and vacating the previous judgment was filed, but the trial court did not sign it.<\/p>\n<p>A few months later, the mother petitioned to enforce the 2015 MSA.\u00a0 The court granted the mother\u2019s motion to compel arbitration and ultimately rendered the arbitrator\u2019s award into a judgment.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-mediated-settlement-agreement\/#more-1183\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parties to a Texas divorce or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship may enter a mediated settlement agreement.\u00a0 To be a binding mediated settlement agreement, the agreement must meet certain statutory requirements.\u00a0 If it meets the requirements, the agreement is binding and the parties may obtain a judgment on it. 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