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A Texas Mediated Settlement Agreement (\u201cMSA\u201d) that meets the statutory formalities is binding and the parties are entitled to a judgment upon it (i.e., the divorce decree must adopt it).\u00a0 In a recent case<\/a>, a husband challenged an order issued after the divorce decree that was intended to conform the decree with the terms of the MSA.<\/p>\n

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parties executed an MSA. A couple of weeks after the court entered the final divorce decree, the wife moved for clarification of the MSA.\u00a0 She alleged the final decree did not reflect the MSA, because it failed to confirm certain items as her separate property.\u00a0 The trial court entered an order confirming those items as her separate property after a hearing.<\/p>\n

The husband appealed.<\/p>\n

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A Texas Mediated Settlement Agreement (\u201cMSA\u201d) that meets the statutory formalities is binding and the parties are entitled to a judgment upon it (i.e., the divorce decree must adopt it).\u00a0 In a recent case, a husband challenged an order issued after the divorce decree that was intended to conform the decree with the terms of 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