No. 18-869

Shawn Hall Lecuona v. Mark R. Lecuona

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-01-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Relisted (2)
Tags: conscience constitutional-protection due-process fourteenth-amendment liberty-interests marriage marriage-rights no-fault-divorce personal-identity religion texas-family-code
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Latest Conference: 2019-05-09 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does section 6.001 of the Texas Family Code violate Petitioner's fundamental liberty interests protected by the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process clause?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does section 6.001 of the Texas Family Code, commonly known as “no-fault divorce”, when applied to Petitioner, violate her fundamental liberty interests protected by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process clause, which include “intimate choices defining” her “personal identity and beliefs” concerning matters of religion and conscience as expressed in her marriage? U.S. Const. amend 1, 14; Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 8. Ct. 2584, 2589 (2015); Tex. Const. art. I, § 6; Tex. Fam. Code §6.001. 2. Does the right to marry encompass the right to be married and maintain the marital relationship in conformity with the personal and intimate beliefs of the participants requiring states to afford protections to those choices? U.S. Const. amend 14; Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S. Ct. 2584, 2589 (2015).

Docket Entries

2019-05-13
Rehearing DENIED.
2019-04-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/9/2019.
2019-04-12
2019-03-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2019.
2019-01-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 7, 2019)

Attorneys

Shawn Hall Lecuona
Shawn Adair Hall LecuonaLecuona Law, PLLC, Petitioner
Shawn Adair Hall LecuonaLecuona Law, PLLC, Petitioner
Cecilia M. WoodCecilia M. Wood, Attorney and Counselor at Law P.C., Petitioner
Cecilia M. WoodCecilia M. Wood, Attorney and Counselor at Law P.C., Petitioner
Cecilia M. WoodCecilia M. Wood, Attorney and Counselor at Law P.C., Petitioner