As society has become more share-friendly, more constantly connected online and less connected in person, some argue that love is actually dying. More people stare at smartphones instead of interacting at parties and focus more on sharing the "perfect shot" on their social networks and focus less on interacting in person. The New York Times [...]
Divorces are never easy no matter how amicable a split may be. Even if both spouses agree it's time to separate often a lot of pain and confusion is involved. Sometimes the best escape or consolation can be curling up with a great book. Recently the Huffington Post asked its readers on Facebook and Twitter [...]
Postnuptial agreements, which are basically prenuptial agreements for married couples, have become more common in recent years. As people grow older in their marriages, assets, property and finances can all change quite a bit. For some couples this added stress proves to be too much, and they decide to enter into a postnuptial agreement. For [...]
More than a dozen men were arrested this fall in the Rio Grande Valley as a result of being behind on child support payments. The Cameron County Sherrif's Department worked along with the Texas Attorney General's Child Support Division to arrest the men who were behind on child support. The men who were arrested for [...]
The DIY trend largely fueled by Pinterest has taken an interesting turn recently in Texas Law. The Court recently approved do-it-yourself divorce forms for pro se representation in divorce cases throughout the state of Texas. For plenty of reasons this change has concerned Texas divorce attorneys. Inconsistencies in the forms as well as the order [...]
Texas laws regarding grandparents' rights can sometimes come off as a bit murky and confusing. Recently a Lubbock woman was locked in a dispute with her out-of-state parents over the custody of her son. Because of the court argument between the woman and the child's grandparents, some Texas officials have decided it's time to clarify [...]
If you're on the verge of filing for divorce or splitting from a partner and you have children, it's likely that you're nervous about what sort of custody laws you might be facing in Texas. Of course nothing with divorce or custody of children is every simple, but we'll try to help. In Texas the [...]
If you're considering a divorce, you're not alone. Depending upon with whom you speak, divorce rates in Texas are somewhere between 41 percent and 51 percent. Divorce is never pleasant, but there are some basic steps that you can take and a few things to keep in mind to hopefully make the process a bit [...]
A new divorce hotel concept allows couples to divorce over one weekend at a hotel. The couple enters on Friday married and leaves Sunday with divorce papers in hand. Jim Halfens, the Netherlands entrepreneur who developed the concept, already has an operational Divorce Hotel in the Netherlands. According to the New York Times, a couple [...]