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Pleadings Required for Waste Claim (which is NOT a reimbursement claim)

Ross Rasberry on August 27, 2025

An October 2024 opinion says that a waste claim is not a reimbursement claim and holds that pleadings are required to recover on a waste claim. The court in Mohammed v. Mohammed, No. 02-23-00449-CV (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, 10/10/2024)(mem. op.) stated: From a procedural standpoint, it is axiomatic that “a judgment must be supported […]

Important New Case on Waste in Divorce Cases is a Game Changer

Ross Rasberry on June 2, 2013

A recent decision from the First Court of Appeals out of Judge Hellums’ court (won by Michael Childs) provides a new twist to claims of waste or constructive fraud.  In Puntarelli v. Peterson, No. 01-11-01120-CV (Tex. App. – Houston [1st Dist.] Feb. 14, 2013), the wife asked the age old question “where did all of […]