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The paternity case involving Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones continues to work it’s way through the Texas court system. On Thursday, decisions were unsealed and they revealed that a judge has decided that the settlement Jones entered with the mother of Alexandra Davis — the woman who is looking to establish Jones as her parent — is perfectly fine under Texas public policy law.
Jones and Davis’ mother, Cynthia, entered into an agreement that Jones would pay millions of dollars over a period of time from “early childhood through adulthood.” He is countersuing for a breach of that 1998 contract, per Dallas Morning News.
Alexandra Davis argued a settlement prohibiting a child from establishing a paternity is a violation of Texas public policy that “protects the best interests of children and states that parents ‘share in the rights and duties of raising a child.’”
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.
The jury trial is expected to commence in under two weeks in Texarkana, prior to the beginning of the Cowboys’ training camp in Oxnard, CA.