San Antonio lawyer Thomas J. Henry's contentious divorce case dismissed, court file sealed

Flamboyant San Antonio personal-injury lawyer Thomas J. Henry’s contentious divorce case has been dismissed and the court file sealed. It couldn’t be determined if Henry and his longtime partner Azteca Henry reached a settlement, prompting the dismissal. The motion to dismiss the case that the pair filed is not publicly available because of an order sealing the entire court file. State District Judge Angelica Jimenez issued the order July 13, the same day Thomas Henry had been scheduled to submit to questions from Azteca Henry’s lawyers during a day-long deposition. Jimenez dismissed the case “with prejudice,” meaning it can’t be refiled.

Lawyers for the Henrys did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. Susan Myres, a Houston family lawyer who wasn’t involved in the case, said there are “so many variables” that could have affected how the Henrys resolved the matter. “It could have been a settlement and they didn’t want the world to know what that settlement is,” said Myres, who has practiced for more than 35 years and is past president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. “It could be that there was money exchanged or maybe an agreement that impacted their children.” The Henrys have two adult children. Azteca Henry petitioned for divorce in November 2019, but Thomas denied they were even married. The two wed in 1999 and divorced in 2005. Azteca, 43, said they continued to live together until the summer of 2019 when Thomas, 59, moved out of the Anaqua Springs Ranch house they shared. Azteca has said they had a “common law marriage,” which, under Texas law, is considered a union when two adults consent to being married without the formality of obtaining a marriage license. It’s also referred to as an “informal marriage.” In a court filing last year, Thomas said he “vehemently denies” the existence of an informal marriage and called the claim “dubious.”