Friendly Suit Hearings

As a personal injury attorney in Brownsville, Texas I’m often involved with lawsuits and settlements involving minors. Because the child lacks the capacity to enter into a legal contract, how can a minor accept a settlement offer? Can the parents accept the settlement on behalf of the child? Does the money simply then go to the parent? How can the child be protected? These are all terrific questions and the court has figured out a way to approve settlements for the minor children and at the same time, protect the settlement until the child is of age.  The court has set up what is called a “Friendly Suit” to resolve situations involving minors. A Friendly Suit is a court-approved settlement where the parties must go before a judge and have a hearing in order to gain approval. It’s essentially a lawsuit brought by the parties in order to finalize the settlement.  The Friendly Suit protects the settlement…

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