{"id":1610,"date":"2020-06-15T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2020-06-15T08:00:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T13:00:10","slug":"texas-appeals-court-upholds-order-requiring-father-to-pay-mothers-attorneys-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-order-requiring-father-to-pay-mothers-attorneys-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Upholds Order Requiring Father to Pay Mother’s Attorney’s Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"

When a party wants a judgment corrected, he or she generally has to challenge it directly within a specific time frame.\u00a0 In some cases, however, a person may seek to avoid the effect of the judgment through a collateral attack.\u00a0 A voidable judgment becomes final unless it is attacked directly in accordance with applicable procedural rules, but a void judgment may be challenged at any time.\u00a0 In a recent case<\/a>, a Texas appeals court had to determine if a provision in a Texas divorce decree ordering a father to pay the mother\u2019s attorney\u2019s fees was void or voidable.<\/p>\n

The divorce decree included a fee provision that ordered the father to pay the mother\u2019s attorney\u2019s fees related \u201cto issues concerning the suit affecting parent-child relationship [\u201cSAPCR\u201d] and the safety and welfare of the children.\u201d<\/p>\n

The father moved to modify the decree about a month after it was signed.\u00a0 He asked for increased possession and decreased child support.\u00a0 He also challenged the fee provision.\u00a0 The court\u2019s order increased his possession. In its Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, the court found there was not a sufficient change in circumstances of either parent or the children to support a change in the father\u2019s child support obligations or the fee provision.\u00a0 The court ordered him to continue to pay all of the mother\u2019s attorney\u2019s fees related to the SAPCR.<\/p>\n

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When a party wants a judgment corrected, he or she generally has to challenge it directly within a specific time frame.\u00a0 In some cases, however, a person may seek to avoid the effect of the judgment through a collateral attack.\u00a0 A voidable judgment becomes final unless it is attacked directly in accordance with applicable procedural […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce"],"yoast_head":"\nTexas Appeals Court Upholds Order Requiring Father to Pay Mother's Attorney's Fees — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — June 15, 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When a party wants a judgment corrected, he or she generally has to challenge it directly within a specific time frame.\u00a0 In some cases, 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