{"id":2812,"date":"2024-02-14T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2812"},"modified":"2024-02-14T08:27:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T14:27:04","slug":"texas-appeals-court-rejects-challenge-to-jury-charge-in-divorce-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-rejects-challenge-to-jury-charge-in-divorce-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Jury Charge in Divorce Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a jury trial, the court must submit to the jury the instructions and definitions needed for it to render a verdict.\u00a0 The court cannot comment directly on the weight of the evidence, but an incidental comment on the weight of the evidence may be acceptable.\u00a0 Tex. R. Civ. P. 277. A husband recently appealed his divorce decree, arguing the trial court erred in failing to give a requested jury instruction and improperly commenting on the weight of the evidence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Trial<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/thirteenth-court-of-appeals\/2024-13-22-00262-cv.pdf?ts=1704385309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appeals court<\/a>, the husband petitioned for divorce in August 2019, seeking a disproportionate share of the marital estate and alleging the wife committed fraud on the marriage. He asked the court to confirm the marital residence was part separate property and set aside a 2019 gift warranty deed conveying it to the wife.\u00a0 He alleged the deed was \u201cdone by mistake, undue influence, and under duress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The wife disputed the husband\u2019s claims of mistake or fraud. \u00a0She also sought a disproportionate share of the property and requested exclusive possession and use of the residence.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-rejects-challenge-to-jury-charge-in-divorce-case\/#more-2812\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a jury trial, the court must submit to the jury the instructions and definitions needed for it to render a verdict.\u00a0 The court cannot comment directly on the weight of the evidence, but an incidental comment on the weight of the evidence may be acceptable.\u00a0 Tex. R. Civ. P. 277. A husband recently appealed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-divorce","category-separate-property"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Jury Charge in Divorce Case &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; February 14, 2024<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a jury trial, the court must submit to the jury the instructions and definitions needed for it to render a verdict.\u00a0 The court cannot comment directly &#8212; February 14, 2024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-rejects-challenge-to-jury-charge-in-divorce-case\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Texas Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Jury Charge in Divorce Case &#8212; 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