Cassidy v. Fuller

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the purpose of making venue proper in county in which the child has resided for six months is to prevent forum shopping
• holding that venue provision in the Family Code \clearly\ intended its use of \shall\ to be mandatory
• explaining that it is easier to prove the current circumstances affecting children in their county of residence
• relying on statutory language similar to that currently codified at section 103.001 of the Texas Family Code
• relying on statutory language similar to that currently codified at section 103.001 of the Texas Family Code
• “[V]enue provision was enacted for the reason that current circumstances affecting the child may usually be best shown in the county where the child resides.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).