Family Law Blog

One of the reasons that people find the divorce process to be so confusing is that the laws are different in literally every state. Although there is significant overlap from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, little differences in the law can lead to major differences in...

November 2019 Newsletter Stories of family conflict during the holidays abound. One need only watch favorite holiday movies or TV shows to see how common family disputes can be during the holidays. One or another family member revives some old perceived slight, which...

October 2019 In Texas divorces, is there is almost always a party seeking completion of the case immediately, while the opposite party needs or wants a slower process. That is to say, there’s nearly always a “pusher” and a “dragger” of the divorce process. Of course...

May 2019 People often ask whether infidelity even matters anymore in divorces. Different jurisdictions deal with it differently. In Texas, the issue is even treated differently in different localities. Historically, Texas case law indicates infidelity is one of many...

June 2019 Persons going through a divorce need to know that debts ordered to be paid by the other party in a Final Decree of Divorce (“Decree”) might actually not get paid. Some people believe a Decree covers all their concerns about a debt if it orders the other...

July 2019 It’s summertime; a time for fun in the sun, pools, lakes, and keeping kids occupied. Stated another way, parents of youngsters will need to enroll their kids in one after another activity that will hopefully burn the limitless energy children possess. These...

August 2019 In Texas, it’s not uncommon for a court to order that the primary residence of a child must be restricted to a particular geographic area. In fact, it is vastly more common than not that a court will do so if either parent so requests. The reason is that...

March 2019 It is exceedingly rare today that a party to a Family Law case has no social media presence. To be sure, all of a party’s social media content is available to lawyers and courts for inspection to the extent it is relevant to the court case. How one behaves...

In Texas divorces, the law does not say community property must be split evenly down the middle between spouses. What it says is the court shall order a division of the estate of the parties in a manner that the court deems just and right, having due regard for the...