Legal Opinion

Leal v. Leal

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 27, 1982No. 16688PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

Delia Leal, the Petitioner in a divorce suit, appeals only from that portion of the divorce action making a partition of the community property. In a non-jury trial the court granted the divorce and divided the property between the parties and also awarded attorney’s fees to Petitioner in the sum of $3,000.00.

Petitioner’s single point of error is that the trial court abused its discretion when dividing the community estate by failing to consider monies spent by Respondent [ap-pellee], Hector Leal, during the pendency of the divorce. Appellee by cross-point asserts…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Hedtke v. HedtkeTexas Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Great American Reserve Insurance Co. v. BrittonTexas Supreme Court · 1966
  3. Bell v. BellTexas Supreme Court · 1974
  4. Johnson v. Universal Life & Accident InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1936
  5. Trevino v. American Nat. Ins. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1943

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Nguyen Ngoc Giao v. Smith & Lamm, P.C., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1986
  2. Asai v. Vanco Insulation Abatement, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1996
  3. Smith v. Smith, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1988
  4. Industrial Disposal Supply Co. v. Perryman Bros. Trash Service, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1983
  5. Tesoro Petroleum Corp. v. Coastal Refining & Marketing, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1988

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