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Texas Supreme Court· 12/21/2012

In re Dean

Citations

  • 393 S.W.3d 741
  • 56 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 189
  • 2012 WL 6634067
  • 2012 Tex. LEXIS 1128

How courts have described this case

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  • noting that section 152.201(a) provides the “exclusive jurisdictional basis” for a Texas court to exercise jurisdiction over a child custody determination
  • noting that New Mexico court had not declined jurisdiction under either section 152.207 or 152.208 but solely because Texas had decided to exercise jurisdiction, a reason the supreme court held the UCCJEA does not allow
  • explaining Texas court should not have assumed jurisdiction when New Mexico court had not yet declined jurisdiction under UCCJEA
  • “But one state may have jurisdiction over custody even if the divorce is decided by another state’s court.”
  • “The separation[-]of[-]powers doctrine prohibits one branch of government from exercising a power belonging inherently to another.”
  • “But one state may have jurisdiction over custody even if the divorce is decided by another state’s court.”

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Judges: Green, Jefferson, Lehrmann

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