{"id":136,"date":"2019-12-17T22:55:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T22:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/600hemphill.com\/?p=136"},"modified":"2019-12-17T23:03:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T23:03:09","slug":"finally-finality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/600hemphill.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/17\/finally-finality\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally, finality."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The “Lehmann<\/a> problem” – the question of when a judgment is truly final (and thus starts the appeal deadline) is a perennial challenge in Texas cases involving multiple parties and issues. The problem has drawn particular attention recently in recent months in family-law cases, where judges often prepare a letter or memo summarizing key rulings. Reversing a Dallas case<\/a> that found such an instrument to be a final judgment, the Texas Supreme Court held: “[A]n order lacking the unmistakable language of finality\u2014that it resolves all claims between and among all parties and is final and appealable\u2014is ambiguous in a suit under the Family Code when the order does not comport with the statute governing final orders and is otherwise inconclusive as to its intent. If a judicial decree\u2019s finality is ambiguous, a reviewing court should examine the record to determine the trial court\u2019s intent.”<\/em> In the Interest of R.R.K.<\/a>, No. 18-0273 (Dec. 13, 2019). The opinion also reviews the general contours of the test for judgment finality in Texas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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