Unsealed federal court documents revealed a judge's ruling that the settlement agreement Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones entered with Alexandra Davis' mother...
The settlement, agreed upon when the woman was a child, does not go against Texas public policy, the ruling says.
Jones argued Texas courts allow parents to waive and release statutory and constitutional rights on behalf of their children, citing family code.The judge ruled the settlement is valid and does not go against public policy, adding that “Texas law is clear” that parents or legal guardians can enter legal agreements on their child’s behalf. He also wrote in the ruling that Alexandra Davis hadn’t shown her interests were “potentially adverse” to her mother’s before turning 18.
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