Monday, April 28, 2014

Will Erin Hernandez Be Found in Violation of the Texas Family Code?

Erin H. Garcia, Justice of the
Peace, Place 2-2
While Ernie Hernandez, Jr. has been dealing with charges of political corruption, his daughter, Erin H. Garcia, the outgoing Justice of the Peace, Place 2-2, has faced legal challenges to handling of wedding ceremonies, particularly her issuance of a 72 hour waiver for a fee that she has claimed allows her to marry a couple immediately without the state-mandated three day wait.
The performance of wedding ceremonies has been extremely lucrative for Hernandez-Garcia, netting her tens of thousands of dollars annually in addition to her salary as Justice of the Peace.  Several locals objected to the issuance of a waiver of the 3-day waiting period, as it seemingly gives the JP issuing the waiver a strategic advantage in performing the ceremony, thus pocketing the fee. Also, a fee was charged for the waiver, also retained by the Justice of the Peace. 

 While waiting for the Texas Attorney General to issue a ruling, some have noted that Section 2.204(C) of the Texas Family Code seems to indicate that a Justice of the Peace does NOT have the authority to issue a waver, let alone charge a fee for that waver and retain those funds.  






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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 28, 2014 at 6:20 PM

    Ruling on this is in. You should read your local newspaper every now and then, Barton.

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  2. AnonymousApril 28, 2014 at 6:53 PM

    https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/opinions/opinions/50abbott/op/2014/pdf/ga1053.pdf

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  3. AnonymousApril 28, 2014 at 7:07 PM

    The AG officially wiped that shit eating grin off for good.

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  4. AnonymousApril 28, 2014 at 7:38 PM

    Well, DUH! I didn't even need to be disbarred to tell you that.

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  5. AnonymousApril 29, 2014 at 1:00 AM

    Choice was hers, so now leave her aloneiii

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  6. AnonymousApril 29, 2014 at 9:33 AM

    the thing is she was not the only JP doing it. I was told by a friend at the clerk's office that other JP's continued to do them even after they were all told to stop doing them. Lettie Perez was behind all of this.

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    1. AnonymousApril 29, 2014 at 3:01 PM

      Oh of course every JP was doing it except no one is mentioning which other JP's name. We know it is you Erin posting this. Just like your father Ernie lied til the end and plead guilty. Erin Hernandez do us a favor and resign now and save the tax payers money. Just quit and stop your crying that you are the victim. Your family are leaches and crooks.

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    2. AnonymousApril 30, 2014 at 8:45 AM

      I'm not Erin. and I posted this. I am trying to get you fools to open your eyes that the County Clerk's OFfice is full of crooks and liars. I hope Arnold Flores wins. his only downfall is Lettie

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  7. AnonymousMay 1, 2014 at 9:52 PM

    Jim u continue exposing these corrupted career criminals. Dont listen to the groups of idiots before me. They know they lost and their pathetic loser asses are out. Keep on truckin Jim.

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