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South Texas Law Review Vol.57 No.4

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DIRTY DEEDS DONE NOT DIRT CHEAP BY HONORABLE DIANE M. GUARIGLIA CONTRIBUTIONS BY BENJAMIN L. S. RITZ

I. IN TRODU CTION ............................................................................... 504 II. D ISCOVERY A BUSES ....................................................................... 504 A. Failureto Specifically Identify Witnesses Fails to Prove F a tal ........................................................................................ 50 4 B. CompellingDiscovery Against a Pro Se Litigant Sans CitationResults in Sanctions .................................................. 505 III. COURT ORDER VIOLATIONS ........................................................... 507 A. Failureto Attend Mediation Leads to Sanctions .................... 507 B. Failureto Attend Mediation,Appear, and Communicate with the Court Leads to Sanctions .......................................... 508 C. Court Sanctions Attorney Seeking Enforcement Where the Court H ad No Jurisdiction...................................................... 509 D. Accusing the Court of Trickery and Collusion with Opposing Counsel Leads to Sanctions.................................... 510 IV . PROCEDURAL M ISDEEDS ............................................. 512 A . Void D ecree ... Or N ot.......................................................... 512 B. Involuntary PremaritalAgreement ......................................... 513 C. Sneaking a Sanctions Orderto the Court Without Serving Opposing Counsel................................................................... 516 D. Husbandand Wife Cheat Wife's Attorneys Out of Fees ......... 517 E. Husband Tries to Justify a Bill of Review by His Wife's PregnancyAnnouncement ...................................................... 519 F. Court SanctionsAttorney for Pleadingan Abolished Cause of A ction .................................................................................. 520 V. SHOULD DEFAULTS IN SAPCRS BE DIFFERENT UNDER C RAD DOCK? ....................................................................................

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VI. C ON CLU SION ..................................................................................

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