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Tedder v. Gardner Aldrich, LLP (Opinion)
State: Texas
Court: Supreme Court
Docket No: 11-0767
Case Date: 05/17/2013
Plaintiff: Tedder
Defendant: Gardner Aldrich, LLP (Opinion)
Preview:IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
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NO . 11-0767
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MICHAEL ROBERT TEDDER, PETITIONER,
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GARDNER ALDRICH, LLP, RESPONDENT
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ON PETITION FOR REVIEW FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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Argued November 7, 2012

JUSTICE HECHT delivered the opinion of the Court. JUSTICE LEHRMANN did not participate in the decision. The principal question in this case is whether legal services provided to one spouse in a divorce proceeding are necessaries for which the other spouse is statutorily liable to pay the attorney. We answer no and therefore reverse the court of appeals' judgment1 and affirm the trial court's judgment. Michael Tedder sued his wife, Stacy Tedder, for divorce and custody of their two children. After nearly two years of contentious litigation, a jury found that the couple should be joint

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S.W .3d

(Tex. App.
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