The Thirteenth Court of Appeals, located in Corpus Christi, Texas, has affirmed a trial court decision in the case pitting Selena Quintanilla's father Abraham Quintanilla Jr., versus the singer's widower, Chris Perez.
On Dec. 2, 2016, Quintanilla Jr. filed a petition seeking a judicial declaration that Perez violated a previous agreement by publishing his 2012 book To Selena, With Love. Selena's father further stated that Perez should not be able to enter into a contract with Enemol Latino, the production company that wants to produce a TV series based on the book.
The agreement, drafted shortly after Selena's death in 1995 and signed by her mother, Marcella Quintanilla, Abraham Quintanilla, III (AB), and Suzette Quintanilla Arriaga, gives Quintanila Jr. all proprietary rights in the name, voice, signature, photograph, and likeness of Selena.