Ken Paxton

Scope of third-party obligations resulting from child support liens under Family Code chapter 157

Interpretation of Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 394, as applied to a housing finance corporation’s residential development outside local government boundaries

Interpretation of “developer” under Texas Water Code section 49.052(a)(3)

Whether commissary funds under Local Government Code § 351.0415 can be used to hire a full-time employee at a privately operated jail

Addressing whether boilerplate language listing potentially applicable closed meeting provisions provides sufficient notice by itself under the Open Meetings Act and whether a governmental body may consult with an attorney about potentially retaining the attorney’s law firm to perform professional legal services in a closed meeting.

Simultaneous service on hospital district and transit authority boards

Validity of district court orders directing state agencies to amend a person’s biological “sex” designation on state identification documents

Proper magistrate to conduct hearing required by article 15.17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure

Authority of a county commissioners court to create a new legal-support position and transfer funding or positions away from the county attorney’s office

Scope of evidentiary disclosure requirement under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure article 56A.52