McKinney, TX
Appeals Lawyer at McKinney, TX
Practice Areas: Appeals, Divorce & Separation, Child Custody
OUTCOME: Successful appeal
712 S.W.3d 584 (Tex. 2025) - This appeal involved a lifetime protective order granted against a mother as to her children. The Texas Supreme Court found that the protective order violated the mother's ... constitutional rights and held that a protective order longer than two years against a parent as to their children requires proof by clear and convincing evidence.
OUTCOME: Mandamus granted
2024 WL 4624639, No. 04-24-00145-CV – Ms. Draper represented the prevailing mother in a mandamus related to an improper parentage finding for a non-parent.
OUTCOME: Mandamus granted
2024 WL 804662, No. 02-24-0018-CV – Ms. Draper successfully overturned contempt findings against a father issued without proper notice of the alleged violations as required by law.
OUTCOME: Mandamus granted
2023 WL 8112897, No. 02-23-00390-CV – Ms. Draper represented the prevailing mother in a mandamus where the trial court’s enforcement order that required intensive reunification therapy did not meet the ... requirements of the Texas Family Code.
OUTCOME: Mandamus granted
2022 WL 17841837, No. 02-22-00451-CV – Ms. Draper successfully overturned an award of interim attorney’s fees because the wife failed to meet her burden of showing the requested fees were necessary to ... protect the safety and welfare of the children.
OUTCOME: Successful appeal
2022 WL 2763355, No. 05-20-00966-CV – Ms. Draper represented the prevailing mother in this parent vs. non-parent child custody appeal.
OUTCOME: Successful appeal
652 S.W.3d 488 (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.] 2022) – Ms. Draper represented the prevailing mother in this parent vs. non-parent child custody appeal.
OUTCOME: Successful appeal
2022 WL 2353096, No. 02-21-00140-CV – Ms. Draper represented the prevailing father in overturning a trial court’s improper granting of summary judgment.
OUTCOME: Mandamus granted
2022 WL 325385, No. 02-21-00409-CV – Ms. Draper represented the prevailing mother in this parent vs. non-parent child custody appeal.
OUTCOME: Mandamus granted
603 S.W.3d 804 (Tex. 2020) – Ms. Draper represented the prevailing father in what has become the landmark case for parent vs. non-parent child custody litigation in Texas. This case involved a non-pare ... nt seeking rights and conservatorship over the objections of the fit father following the mother's death. The Texas Supreme Court instituted the constitutional fit parent presumption, finding that a court cannot award rights or possession of a child over the objections of a fit parent.
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