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The article offers information on the changes issued by the Texas Supreme Court related to family law in the year 2012. It reports that the Texas Supreme Court states that a Mediation Settlement Agreement posses an ambiguity which can be resolved through mediation not by the involvement of court of appeals. It states that if a divorce case is filed by a husband against his wife then it becomes his responsibility to pay the attorney's fees who is defending his wife.

The article focuses on the impact of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case Obergefell v. Hodges related to the legality of the same-sex marriages on the Texas family law and the marriage is a fundamental right protected by the due process and the equal protection clauses.

The article discusses Texas court cases related to family law and mentions that a case clarified limitations on suit affecting the parent-child relationship and how Texas courts are refining the law regarding mediated settlement agreements (MSAs.).

The article focuses on several opinions with important implications for the family law practitioner in family issued by Texas Supreme Court. Topics discussed include trial courts having no authority to conduct broad best interest reviews of Marital Settlement Agreement (MSAs), prospects of child support as of the date of the enforcement hearing and marriage of same-sex couples.

The article offers information about changes to family law issued by the Texas Legislature in 2011. Examples of family law changes include spousal maintenance in a trial, termination of a parent-child relationship in a mistaken paternity court case, and the Uniform Collaborative Family Law Act related to dispute resolution.

The article provides information on several family law issues that have been addressed by the Supreme Court of Texas. It highlights provisions guaranteed to the family members with respect to familial issues that include rights of possession of grandchildren by grandsons, same-sex divorces, and cooperative laws. The legislature which guarantees rights to acquire share of parental properties under child support scheme of laws is also included.

The article focuses on the judicial opinion of the courts of Texas on various cases related to family laws. Topics discussed include laws prohibiting same-sex marriages in Texas, motion of preliminary injunctions brought by same-sex couples, and the laws for the payment of attorney fees by father for providing additional child support.