Texas Family Law Blog

If You Recently Received a Stimulus Check in the Mail and Are Getting a Divorce, Talk to Your Attorney About How Your Check May Affect Your Property Division Settlement During the coronavirus pandemic, businesses shuttered and many people lost their jobs or were forced to work in a reduced capacity, leading to loss of income.…

If Covid-19 Has Impacted Your Ability to Pay Alimony or Child Support, It Is Important That You Know What Steps to Take COVID-19 has disrupted just about every aspect of life. People have been laid off from their jobs or furloughed, while others have had to permanently shutter their businesses. For many, this has meant…

If Circumstances Have Changed Since a Child Support Order First Went Into Effect, Seeking a Modification May Be Appropriate When the parents of a child do not live together, usually as the result of a divorce, both parents will continue to have a financial obligation to the child. Because the court assumes that the child’s primary…

Divorce Is Always Hard, But Divorcing an Alcoholic or Addict Can Make It Even More Complicated and Stressful. Get Help From a Skilled Lawyer Leaving the person with whom you have built memories and established a life is incredibly challenging, even if you know that it is time to move on. In addition to the…

For the Most Part, COVID-19 Should Not Affect Your Child Custody Order, But There Are Times When It Might The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every part of life, including child custody orders for parents who have gotten a divorce. Of course, no matter when the divorce was finalized, there is almost no chance it included provisions…

Texas is unique in many ways, and our family code is certainly no exception. We are the only state in the country that allows people to be considered common-law married and while also assuming that all property acquired by the common law married couple is community property on the date of divorce. This means that…

In Texas, the short answer is “maybe.” The concept of an informal marriage, sometimes referred as Common Law marriage, does exist in Texas. According to current law, (which may undergo a major re-write in this upcoming session of the Legislature) the marriage of a “man and woman” can be proved by evidence showing certain conditions…

As a lawyer in my 29th year of practice, together with additional years of education and training before that, I know our legal system must seem complex and mysterious for most. Many people find themselves introduced to lawyers and the courts for the first time in the context of a contract dispute, or a highly…