Especially if that custom lease is crafted within the laws of the local jurisdiction by an experienced landlord-tenant attorney who has actual experience in court enforcing/defending his own lease.

I'm not surprised you do not have a working relationship with either today.Dawn this is NOT about you and you had no need to "defend" yourself. 

The defendant does NOT have any association with Texas. 

What if the tenant fire a gun to defend themselves?  

I'm not defending the town.

You'll find a lot of loud people on this forum who will defend the practice with religious fervor, so be careful and understand the risks.

I looked up the records and the lis pendens listed the current homeowner and HOA association as defendant.

("ICP"), alleged that the defendants, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ("Department"), violated the FHA by allocating a disproportionate number of federal low-income housing tax credits in predominately black inner-city areas, rather than in predominately white suburban neighborhoods.

CLTO counterclaims now more than ever need to be taken seriously and rigorously defended against.

I don't understand how a hearing could have been conducted without me, the defendant being informed of a time and date.