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International Journal on the Reform of Family Courts   

The Mongoose
Mongoose   

Together, family law attorneys can reform our family courts!  

              Published by attorney Greg Enos 

Issue: No. 22
May 24, 2013
   The Enos Law Firm
   17207 Feather Craft Lane, Webster, Texas 77598
   (281) 333-3030    Fax: (281) 488-7775
   E-mail: greg@enoslaw.com               Web site: www.divorcereality.com

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Greetings!

Judge Dupuy is gone.  This little newsletter has played a modest role in the removal or resignation of a District Clerk, an Associate Judge and now a statutory County Court Judge.  Starting next month, I am setting my sights on a Harris County District Judge.

I do not expect to win every case.  I just want an efficient system in which my client gets a fair hearing by a judge who works hard, knows the law, and does not play favorites.  I also expect judges to appoint qualified amicus attorneys who zealously look after children (and actually visit the kids in their homes).   Is that asking too much?  Stay tuned.

Greg Enos 
The Enos Law Firm                   Check our new web site! 
(281) 333-3030 
greg@enoslaw.com

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Judge Dupuy Removed Without Pay  

Galveston County Court Judge Christopher Dupuy has  been suspended without pay by the Texas Unethical Judge Protection Commission (also known as the Commission on Judicial Conduct).  The Commission for months did nothing about dozens of complaints from lawyers, fellow judges and elected officials but quickly acted after Dupuy was indicted Wednesday.  Dupuy had the nerve to appear back in court on Thursday and preside over his criminal docket the day after he was indicted and arrested.  Word was quickly sent to Austin and the suspension order was delivered about 4:20 p.m. yesterday.  Dupuy's security access is terminated and the locks on his court and chambers have been changed.

Here are the pertinent documents:

Click here to read the Judicial Conduct Commission suspension order which attaches copies of the eight indictments.

Click here to read the civil removal lawsuit filed by the Texas Attorney General using attorney Greg Hughes as the relator and mostly the language I wrote over the last three months for the Attorney General.  Contact me if you are interested in removing a county official under the Texas Local Government Code.  I have every version of the statute since 1874 and a copy of every appellate case involving the removal law.

Dupuy has a hearing this morning involving custody of his kids and on June 7 he faces the hearing in the removal lawsuit that should result in his temporary removal and appointment of a replacement judge.  A visiting judge will be used for the next two weeks in County Court No. 3.

 do not panic - organize

 

 

 

 

 

 

Galveston Justice Center

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Trey Apffel Elected State Bar President!

Trey Apffel of League City won the run-off to be the State Bar of Texas President-Elect.  It is awesome to see such a good thing happen to one of the planet's truly fine human beings (and a great attorney).  Trey was in the middle of a medical malpractice jury trial in County Court No. 3 when Judge Dupuy was indicted and arrested.  The judge called the lawyers to the bench right after lunch and indicated he had to be gone that afternoon and might not be able to go forward the next day.  Sure enough, the judge had some other business to attend to and a mis-trial was declared.

Wup Ass


Judge Pratt Ordered  
To Do Her Job  by the Fourteenth Court of Appeals 

The Fourteenth (not the First) Court of Appeal issued the first of what I predict will be many conditional writs of mandamus directing Judge Denise Pratt to do her job. Click here to download this opinion.
 
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Attorney Greg Enos has been through his own divorce and  child custody battle (he won) and understands  what his clients are going through.  Enos  graduated from the University of Texas Law  School and was a very successful personal injury  attorney in Texas City before he decided his true  calling was to help families in divorce and child  custody cases. Greg Enos is active in politics and in Clear Lake area charities.  He has served as President of the Bay Area Bar Association and President of the Board of  Interfaith Caring Ministries. 


Attorney Greg Enos