{"id":803,"date":"2017-10-01T13:51:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T18:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=803"},"modified":"2017-10-01T13:51:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T18:51:50","slug":"family-violence-exception-texas-mediated-settlement-agreements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/family-violence-exception-texas-mediated-settlement-agreements\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Violence Exception and Texas Mediated Settlement Agreements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/texas\/fourteenth-court-of-appeals\/2017\/14-16-00571-cv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas child support case<\/a>, a mother appealed after the trial court enforced a mediated settlement agreement. She argued it was an error to enforce it because:\u00a0 (1) it included a child support provision that violated public policy, (2) the mother took back her consent before it was approved, and (3) she wasn&#8217;t allowed to give evidence to bolster her family violence exception argument.<\/p>\n<p>The case arose several years after a divorce. The parents mediated the matter and signed an irrevocable mediated settlement agreement, in which they agreed to different terms related to child support. The mediated settlement agreement included a provision under which there would be a limited standstill period, during which nobody would ask for child support increases.<\/p>\n<p>The couple had signed the agreement and filed it. The agreement stated that it was meant to be a full and final settlement and that the parents had voluntarily signed it.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/family-violence-exception-texas-mediated-settlement-agreements\/#more-803\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent Texas child support case, a mother appealed after the trial court enforced a mediated settlement agreement. She argued it was an error to enforce it because:\u00a0 (1) it included a child support provision that violated public policy, (2) the mother took back her consent before it was approved, and (3) she wasn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-support"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Family Violence Exception and Texas Mediated Settlement Agreements &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; October 1, 2017<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In a recent Texas child support case, a mother appealed after the trial court enforced a mediated settlement agreement. 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