Dulce Pam Beltran Pullen v. Adam R. Pullen

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)
• Decided: February 26, 2026
• Docket: 02-25-00304-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-25-00304-CV ___________________________

DULCE PAM BELTRAN PULLEN, Appellant

V.

ADAM R. PULLEN, Appellee

On Appeal from the 360th District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 360-725260-22

Before Sudderth, C.J.; Bassel and Walker, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Justice Bassel MEMORANDUM OPINION

This is an appeal from a final decree of divorce signed on March 28, 2025. On

January 26, 2026, the parties were notified that this matter would be submitted on

Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Although the court was not informed that the parties

were engaged in settlement discussions, on Friday, February 20, 2026, Appellant

Dulce Pam Beltran Pullen filed an “Unopposed Motion to Set Aside Judgment and

Remand” and attached a “Partial Settlement Agreement.”

Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.1(a)(2)(B), the parties have

requested that we “set aside the division of property and remand for the trial court to

render a new division of property.” See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(2)(B); cf. Stampede TX

Energy, LLC v. Bridgetex Pipeline Co., No. 01-18-00113-CV, 2019 WL 758003, at *1

(Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Feb. 21, 2019, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op.)

(granting motion to set aside the trial court’s judgment without regard to the merits

and remanding to the trial court for rendition of judgment). No opinion has issued in

this appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(c).

We grant the “Unopposed Motion to Set Aside Judgment and Remand.” We

affirm the portion of the final decree granting the divorce and the unchallenged

orders within the final decree concerning conservatorship, possession and access,

child support, and medical support. See In re Marriage of Cruey, No. 12-24-00159-CV,

2025 WL 2416806, at *11 n.7 (Tex. App.—Tyler Aug. 20, 2025, no pet.) (mem. op.)

(stating that while the issue of divorce cannot be severed from a parties’ estate

2 division in the trial court, where neither party attacks the decretal portion of the

judgment granting divorce, the appellate court may affirm the divorce and reverse and

remand the property division); Gamboa v. Gamboa, 383 S.W.3d 263, 274 (Tex. App.—

San Antonio 2012, no pet.) (reversing and remanding property division but affirming

divorce judgment in all other respects, including the granting of the divorce and the

orders concerning conservatorship, possession and access, child support, and medical

support). We set aside the terms of the final decree that address division of the

marital estate, including determining and confirming separate property, without regard

to the merits, and we remand the case to the trial court to make a new property

division. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(2)(B), 43.2(a), (d).

/s/ Dabney Bassel

Dabney Bassel Justice

Delivered: February 26, 2026