John G. & Marie Stella Kenedy Memorial Foundation v. Fernandez

In this case, as in Frost National Bank v. Fernandez, 315 S.W.3d 494 (Tex.2010), we hold that Ann M. Fernandez’s pleadings, taken as true, were sufficient for the district court to establish Fernandez’s standing in a bill of review proceeding asserting inheritance rights relating to the estate of John G. Kenedy, Jr.’s sister. The district court’s jurisdiction over Fernandez’s heirship claims is exclusive when those claims constitute a direct attack on an earlier district court judgment, the estate has been closed for decades, and the decedent did not die intestate. Id. at 505-07 (discussing…