2 0 1 4 , ▁Judge ▁Nell erm oe ▁rejected ▁a ▁push ▁by ▁state ▁officials ▁to ▁block ▁a ▁same - sex ▁couple ' s ▁divor ce ▁and ▁child - c ust ody ▁case ▁from ▁proceed ing . ▁She ▁also ▁set ▁a ▁May ▁ 2 9 ▁cust ody ▁hearing ▁in ▁San ▁Antonio ▁for ▁the ▁fight ▁between ▁the ▁couple ▁over ▁cust ody ▁of ▁their ▁daughter . ▁ ▁In ▁Re ▁Mar riage ▁of ▁J . B . ▁and ▁H . B . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁a ▁same - sex ▁couple ▁that ▁had ▁married ▁in ▁Massachusetts ▁file d ▁for ▁divor ce ▁in ▁Dallas , ▁but ▁before ▁the ▁district ▁court ▁could ▁grant ▁the ▁divor ce ▁the ▁Texas ▁Att orney ▁General ▁interven ed ▁and ▁challeng ed ▁the ▁court ' s ▁juris diction ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁On ▁October ▁ 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁district ▁court ▁ruled , ▁in ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁In ▁Re ▁Mar riage ▁of ▁J . B . ▁and ▁H . B . ▁that , ▁to ▁the ▁extent ▁Texas ▁laws ▁pur port ed ▁to ▁prevent ▁two ▁men ▁who ▁were ▁leg ally ▁married ▁in ▁Massachusetts ▁from ▁getting ▁a ▁divor ce ▁in ▁Texas , ▁those ▁laws ▁were ▁un const itution al . ▁But ▁the ▁Texas ▁Att orney ▁General ▁appe aled , ▁and ▁on ▁August ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁Fif th ▁Court ▁of ▁App e als ▁in ▁Dallas ▁revers ed ▁the ▁lower ▁court , ▁r uling ▁that ▁the ▁same - sex ▁marriage ▁ban ▁does