Texas Pattern Jury Charges — Family
Texas Pattern Jury Charges—Family (2010 ed.)
- By State Bar Committee on Pattern Jury Charges – Family.
- 1 volume; softbound
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- Copyright ©2010
- 260 Pages
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The 2010 edition of Texas Pattern Jury Charges—Family, which includes an extensively revised chapter on reimbursement, reflects changes to the Texas Family Code through 2009. In addition, the submission on attorney’s fees has been revised, the discussion of preservation of error has been expanded, and changes for clarity and consistency have been made in several other areas.
The assistance that this excellent resource offers extends beyond providing definitions, instructions, and questions useful for drafting charges in your jury trials. Many practitioners find it very helpful in preparing findings of fact and conclusions of law in nonjury cases and in identifying issues and evidence requirements in family law cases generally. Comments provide a ready reference to the source of each charge and instructions on when to use it.
Texas Pattern Jury Charges–Family includes a digital product with the entire book as a hyperlinked and word-searchable PDF file. All charge language is included as RTF files linked to the comments for quick retrieval and assembly of jury charges. Texas and federal case citations are linked to PDF files of the cases and to an online version of the Casemaker Web Library. Texas and federal statute citations are linked to the main code section cited via Casemaker online.
Texas Pattern Jury Charges—Family covers topics in the following areas:
- Admonitory Instructions
- Dissolution of Marriage
- Characterization of Property
- Valuation of Property
- Economic Contribution and Reimbursement
- Disregarding Corporate Form
- Fraud
- Enforceability of Property Agreements
- Definitions and Instructions—SAPCR
- Original Suits
- Modification
- Termination
- Attorney’s Fees
- Preservation of Error
The Texas Pattern Jury Charges—Family Digital Product includes a PDF file of the Texas Family Code.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
PREFACE TO THE 2010 EDITION
CHANGES IN THE 2010 EDITION
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 200 ADMONITORY INSTRUCTIONS
PJC 200.1 Instructions to Jury Panel before Voir Dire Examination
PJC 200.2 Instructions to Jury after Jury Selection
PJC 200.3 Charge of the Court
[PJC 200.4 is reserved for expansion.]
PJC 200.5 Instructions to Jury after Verdict
PJC 200.6 Instruction to Jury If Permitted to Separate
PJC 200.7 Instruction If Jury Disagrees about Testimony
PJC 200.8 Circumstantial Evidence (Optional)
PJC 200.9 Instructions to Deadlocked Jury
PJC 200.10 Privilege—No Adverse Inference
PJC 200.11 Instructions on Jurors’ Note-Taking (Comment)
CHAPTER 201 DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE
PJC 201.1 Divorce
PJC 201.2 Annulment
PJC 201.3 Void Marriage
PJC 201.4 Existence of Informal Marriage
CHAPTER 202 CHARACTERIZATION OF PROPERTY
PJC 202.1 Separate and Community Property
PJC 202.2 Inception of Title
PJC 202.3 Gift, Devise, and Descent
PJC 202.4 Tracing
PJC 202.5 Property Acquired on Credit
PJC 202.6 Property with Mixed Characterization
PJC 202.7 Premarital Agreement
PJC 202.8 Partition or Exchange Agreement
PJC 202.9 Agreement Concerning Income or Property Derived from Separate Property
PJC 202.10 Agreement to Convert Separate Property to Community Property
PJC 202.11 Separate Property—One Party Claiming Separate Interest (Question)
PJC 202.12 Separate Property—Both Parties Claiming Separate Interests (Question)
PJC 202.13 Property Division—Advisory Questions (Comment)
PJC 202.14 Management, Control, and Disposition of Marital Property
PJC 202.15 Personal and Marital Property Liability
CHAPTER 203 VALUATION OF PROPERTY
PJC 203.1 Value
PJC 203.2 Factors to Be Excluded for Valuation of Business
PJC 203.3 Value of Property (Question)
CHAPTER 204 REIMBURSEMENT
PJC 204.1 Reimbursement
PJC 204.2 Reimbursement—Advisory Questions (Comment)
PJC 204.3 Reimbursement—Separate Trials (Comment)
CHAPTER 205 DISREGARDING CORPORATE FORM
PJC 205.1 Mere Tool or Business Conduit (Alter Ego)
PJC 205.2 Other Unfair Device
PJC 205.3 Disregarding Corporate Identity of Corporation Owned Entirely by Spouses (Question)
PJC 205.4 Disregarding Corporate Identity of Corporation—Additional Instructions and Questions (Comment)
CHAPTER 206 FRAUD
PJC 206.1 Confidence and Trust Relationship between Spouses
PJC 206.2 Actual Fraud by Spouse against Community Estate
PJC 206.3 Actual Fraud by Spouse against Separate Estate
PJC 206.4 Constructive Fraud by Spouse against Community Estate
PJC 206.5 Fraud Action against Nonspouse Party
CHAPTER 207 ENFORCEABILITY OF PROPERTY AGREEMENTS
PJC 207.1 Enforceability of Property Agreements—Separate Trials (Comment)
PJC 207.2 Enforceability of Premarital Agreement
PJC 207.3 Enforceability of Partition or Exchange Agreement
PJC 207.4 Enforceability of Agreement Concerning Income or Property Derived from Separate Property
PJC 207.5 Enforceability of Agreement to Convert Separate Property to Community Property
[Chapters 208–214 are reserved for expansion.]
CHAPTER 215 DEFINITIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS—SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
PJC 215.1 Best Interest of Child
PJC 215.2 Evidence of Abusive Physical Force
PJC 215.3 Evidence of Abuse or Neglect—Joint Managing Conservatorship
PJC 215.4 Evidence of History or Pattern of Committing Family Violence
PJC 215.5 Rights of Parent Appointed Conservator
PJC 215.6 No Discrimination Based on Gender or Marital Status
PJC 215.7 Preference for Appointment of Parent as Managing Conservator
PJC 215.8 Joint Managing Conservators
PJC 215.9 Best Interest of Child—Joint Managing Conservatorship
PJC 215.10 Sole Managing Conservator—Parent
PJC 215.11 Managing Conservator—Nonparent
PJC 215.12 Possessory Conservator
PJC 215.13 Preference for Appointment of Parent as Managing Conservator—Voluntary Relinquishment of Custody to Nonparent
CHAPTER 216 CONSERVATORSHIP AND SUPPORT—ORIGINAL SUITS
PJC 216.1 Sole or Joint Managing Conservatorship
PJC 216.2 Sole Managing Conservatorship
PJC 216.3 Possessory Conservatorship Contested
PJC 216.4 Grandparental Possession or Access—Original Suit (Comment)
PJC 216.5 Terms and Conditions of Access, Support, and Conservatorship (Comment)
CHAPTER 217 MODIFICATION OF CONSERVATORSHIP AND SUPPORT
PJC 217.1 Modification of Sole Managing Conservatorship to Another Sole Managing Conservator
PJC 217.2 Modification of Sole Managing Conservatorship to Joint Managing Conservatorship
PJC 217.3 Modification of Joint Managing Conservatorship to Sole Managing Conservatorship
PJC 217.4 Modification of Conservatorship—Right to Designate Primary Residence
PJC 217.5 Modification of Conservatorship—Multiple Parties Seeking Conservatorship (Comment)
PJC 217.6 Modification—Grandparental Possession or Access (Comment)
PJC 217.7 Modification of Terms and Conditions of Access, Support, and Conservatorship (Comment)
CHAPTER 218 TERMINATION OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
PJC 218.1 Termination of Parent-Child Relationship
PJC 218.2 Termination of Parent-Child Relationship—Inability to Care for Child
PJC 218.3 Termination of Parent-Child Relationship—Prior Denial of Termination PJC 218.4 Conservatorship Issues in Conjunction with Termination (Comment)
[Chapters 219–224 are reserved for expansion.]
CHAPTER 225 ATTORNEY’S FEES
PJC 225.1 Attorney’s Fees
PJC 225.2 Attorney’s Fees—Advisory Questions (Comment)
CHAPTER 226 PRESERVATION OF ERROR
PJC 226.1 Preservation of Error (Comment)
APPENDIX
STATUTES AND RULES CITED
CASES CITED
SUBJECT INDEX
DIGITAL PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION
