Court Opinion

ID: 9811740
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 22:27:50.643751+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:21:17.520102
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TOM GRAY, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent. I refuse to find that a trial court errs when it signs a judgment expressly “agreed as to form and content” by the appellant individually and agreed as to form by the attorney for the appellant, the only party represented by an attorney. See First Nat’l Bank v. Fojtik, 775 S.W.2d 632, 633 (Tex.1989) (per curiam); Morse v. Delgado, 975 S.W.2d 378, 381 (Tex.App.Waco 1998, no pet.); Mailhot v. Mailhot, 124 S.W.3d 775, 777 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 2003, no pet.).
The judgment concludes as follows:
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*654I do not find any case with facts like this one. The appellant and her attorney signed the judgment. The attorney agreed only as to the form of the judgment. The appellant expressly agreed to the content of the judgment. This is the distinction that shows that regardless of what the “agreed as to form” language may mean, this appellant agreed to the judgment. Unfortunately, because the ap-pellee is representing himself, it is unlikely that the Texas Supreme Court will have the opportunity to resolve the general conflict among the courts of appeals on this language, or resolve the disagreement on this court regarding the distinction presented in this case.
Further, on the issues presented, I would find no abuse of discretion. Given the use and treatment of the list of assets by the majority in Kibodeaux v. Musslewhite, it is impossible to harmonize this case with Kibodeaux. See Kibodeaux v. Musslewhite, No. 10-04-00223-CV, 2005 WL 1654729, 2005 Tex.App. LEXIS 5563 (Tex.App.-Waco July 13, 2005, no pet.) (mem.op.).