{"id":1247,"date":"2019-03-04T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2019-03-04T09:00:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T15:00:05","slug":"successful-restricted-appeal-based-on-lack-of-evidence-in-texas-divorce-proceeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/successful-restricted-appeal-based-on-lack-of-evidence-in-texas-divorce-proceeding\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful Restricted Appeal Based on Lack of Evidence in Texas Divorce Proceeding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a respondent fails to answer a Texas divorce petition, the petitioner may seek a default judgment granting the divorce.\u00a0 However, unlike in other types of cases, the unanswered allegations in a divorce petition are not deemed confessed.\u00a0 The petitioner must present evidence that supports the material allegations.\u00a0 If the trial court makes findings without sufficient supporting evidence, the non-participating party may have a right to appeal in certain circumstances, despite his or her failure to participate.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/seventh-court-of-appeals\/2019-07-18-00352-cv.pdf?ts=1551534892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent case<\/a>, a husband filed a restricted appeal of a final divorce decree.\u00a0 The husband did not answer the divorce petition.\u00a0 Only the wife appeared and testified at the final hearing.\u00a0 The court entered a divorce decree that designated conservatorship over the children, addressed visitation, ordered the husband to pay child support, and divided the community estate.\u00a0 To succeed on a restricted appeal, the husband must show that he filed notice of the restricted appeal within six months of the judgment or order, he was party to the suit but did not participate in the hearing, and he did not file a timely post-judgment motion, request findings of fact and conclusion of law, or file notice of appeal within the required time frames.\u00a0 Furthermore, he must also show that there is an error apparent on the record\u2019s face.\u00a0 The appeals court may therefore only consider evidence that was before the trial court.<\/p>\n<p>The appeals court found the husband had met the requirements for the restricted appeal.\u00a0 He had timely filed his restricted appeal.\u00a0 He had not answered the petition or participated in the hearing.\u00a0 Additionally he had not filed a post-judgment motion, request for findings and conclusions, or appeal.\u00a0 Although a hearing had been held by the trial court, there was no evidence regarding the value of the marital estate, the income and debts of the parties, the children\u2019s relationship with their parents, the children\u2019s ages, or the children\u2019s residences.\u00a0 The appeals court found the trial court had made factually based decisions without supporting evidence.\u00a0 The trial court made decisions relating to conservatorship and visitation.\u00a0 It ordered the husband to pay child support.\u00a0 The court also divided the community estate.\u00a0 The appeals court therefore found there was error apparent on the face of the record.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/successful-restricted-appeal-based-on-lack-of-evidence-in-texas-divorce-proceeding\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Successful Restricted Appeal Based on Lack of Evidence in Texas Divorce Proceeding\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a respondent fails to answer a Texas divorce petition, the petitioner may seek a default judgment granting the divorce.\u00a0 However, unlike in other types of cases, the unanswered allegations in a divorce petition are not deemed confessed.\u00a0 The petitioner must present evidence that supports the material allegations.\u00a0 If the trial court makes findings without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Successful Restricted Appeal Based on Lack of Evidence in Texas Divorce Proceeding &#8212; 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