In Re Green

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A] court order to pay spousal support is unenforceable by contempt if the order merely restates a private debt rather than a legal duty imposed by Texas law.”
• a promise to pay contractual alimony creates nothing more than a debt
• contempt in context of violation of divorce decree
• discussing TEX. FAM. CODE § 8.059(a)
• contempt unavailable to enforce contractual alimony

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Brooks v. Brooks
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-06-26· cited 81×
• In Re Coppock
  Texas Supreme Court· 2009-02-13· cited 69×
• HEB Ministries, Inc. v. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
  Texas Supreme Court· 2007-08-31· cited 40×
• Jerry Day v. Jeanie Day
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2014-11-20· cited 18×
• in Re W.L.W.
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2012-06-21· cited 15×
• Kee v. Kee
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2010-02-04· cited 12×
• In the Interest of E.R.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2011-03-03· cited 7×
• In Re Skero
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2008-05-01· cited 4×
• Heller v. Heller
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2012-02-02· cited 2×
• in the Interest of D.B.J., a Child
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-02-24· cited 1×
• In Re Francisco J. MARTINEZ
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2011-06-15· cited 1×
• In Re Er
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2011-03-03
• Gary Dean Brooks v. Dana Ledon Brooks
  Tex. App. Ct., 2nd Dist. (Fort Worth)· 2008-06-05
• in Re Jonathan Leon Skero
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 2008-05-01
• in Re Christopher Spates
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2014-07-15
• Miguel Angel Pappolla v. Marcia Juliet Simovich
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2013-05-21
• Dustin McClain Smallridge v. Patricia Robin Smallridge
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2012-07-26
• in Re Jean-Michel Guerin
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2016-08-30
• in Re Jeffrey C. Grimm
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2016-08-30
• Bart Dalton v. Carol Dalton
  Texas Supreme Court· 2018-06-29

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ex Parte Barnett
  Texas Supreme Court· 1980-05-14· cited 241×
• Allen v. Allen
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-07-16· cited 137×
• Ex Parte Hall
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-04-07· cited 105×
• Ex Parte Shaklee
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-02-21· cited 52×
• Ex Parte Hernandez
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-05-27· cited 50×
• Ex Parte Lee
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-02-12· cited 23×
• Ex Parte Glover
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-10-30· cited 21×