Sarah Lansden Baker v. Mark Mitchell Baker

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 25, 2015
• Docket: 14-14-00083-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

June 25, 2015

JUDGMENT

The Fourteenth Court of Appeals SARAH LANSDEN BAKER, Appellant

NO. 14-14-00083-CV V.

MARK MITCHELL BAKER, Appellee ________________________________

This cause, an appeal from a judgment signed December 18, 2013, was heard on the transcript of the record. We have inspected the record and find that the trial court erred.

A. We AFFIRM the portion of the judgment that grants the divorce between Sarah Lansden Baker and Mark Mitchell Baker on the basis of insupportability.

B. We REVERSE the portion of the judgment that appoints Sarah Lansden Baker and Mark Mitchell Baker as joint managing conservators.

C. We REVERSE the order, rendered final by the judgment, that strikes as a sanction Sarah Lansden Baker’s claims for assault, battery, terroristic threats, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and exemplary damages.

D. We REVERSE the portion of the judgment that divides the community estate. E. We REMAND for a new trial on the following issues:

1. The conservatorship of the children;

2. Sarah Lansden Baker’s claims for assault, battery, terroristic threats, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and exemplary damages; and

3. The division of the community estate.

We order that each party shall pay its costs by reason of this appeal.

We further order this decision certified below for observance.