{"id":1779,"date":"2020-12-23T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2021-09-30T13:38:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:38:32","slug":"texas-court-finds-no-duress-in-mediated-settlement-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-finds-no-duress-in-mediated-settlement-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Court Finds No Duress in Mediated Settlement Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is a Mediated Settlement Agreement?<\/h2>\n

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A mediated settlement agreement (“MSA”) in a Texas divorce is binding if it meets certain requirements.\u00a0 It must state that it is not subject to revocation in bold letters, capital letters or underlined text<\/strong>.\u00a0 It must also be signed by each party and the party\u2019s attorney, if present. Tex. Fam. Code Ann. \u00a7 6.602.\u00a0 Some Texas courts have held that an MSA may be unenforceable if it is obtained by fraud, duress or coercion.<\/p>\n

A husband recently<\/a> challenged an MSA, partly on the grounds that he allegedly signed it under duress.<\/p>\n

The parties had been married since 1981.\u00a0 Some of the property acquired during the marriage was held by a limited partnership in which the parties owned a 95% interest.\u00a0 In August 2017, the husband was arrested after the wife reported he had threatened her with a firearm.\u00a0 The wife filed for divorce the very next day.<\/p>\n

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What is a Mediated Settlement Agreement? A mediated settlement agreement (“MSA”) in a Texas divorce is binding if it meets certain requirements.\u00a0 It must state that it is not subject to revocation in bold letters, capital letters or underlined text.\u00a0 It must also be signed by each party and the party\u2019s attorney, if present. Tex. 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