Unmarried Partners Who Live Together: What Happens to Your Stuff When You Break Up? Cohabitation of unmarried couples is fast becoming the norm in Texas and around the country. What is not the norm, however, is that Texas is one of few states that a...
Read MoreOut-of-State Relocation With Children: What You Can Learn From the Yates Case
A 32-year-old missing person's case was resolved this past winter when the mother of two abducted girls was found in Houston, TX. The mother was seeking a divorce from the children's father at the time of the disappearance back in 1985. Lessons Lear...
Read MoreTop Family Law New Year’s Resolution: Get a Divorce
New Year's resolutions are typically about making ourselves, and our lives, better. People resolve to get in shape, get organized, travel to new places and otherwise renew their commitment to being happy. Perhaps it is unsurprising, then, that so man...
Read MoreConsiderations for special expenses during a divorce
A divorce involving Texas parents means not only the division of assets but also a consideration of the responsibilities and expenses related to raising their children. Child support settlements indicate what parents are responsible for, including en...
Read MoreChild custody and divorce may affect U.S. migration rates
Fifty years ago, it was more common for Texans to move to other states. This type of moving, called migration, is now occurring much less frequently across the U.S. Researchers have been baffled as to why migration rates have fallen so significantly....
Read MoreDecide what to do with the house
Texas couples who decide to get divorced often wonder how to deal with certain aspects of the process. One common area that leads to contention is property division, especially deciding on who should receive the marital home. Property division com...
Read MoreMale unemployment among possible factors that lead to divorce
While neither economic independence for women nor sharing household chores more equitably seem to be major contributors to divorce, a study has found that unemployment for men may be a common cause. In Texas and throughout the country, marriages in w...
Read MoreGray divorces may benefit from financial product
According to researchers at Bowling Green State University, people at or over the age of 50 divorced twice as much in 2014 as they did in 1990. While child custody is usually not an issue in 'gray divorce," divorces that happen later in life typicall...
Read MoreDivorce settlement agreements and their importance
Disputes sometimes arise after estranged Texas couples have reached divorce settlement agreements. These agreements become the court's orders in the divorce case, and they control. It is very important that people understand what is included in their...
Read MoreCouples have options on settling divorces
On behalf of Wayne Ward of Law Office of V. Wayne Ward posted in Divorce on Tuesday, July 12, 2016. Divorces can be unpleasant experiences, often resulting in expensive court battles, but Texas couples have several options that can make the proce...
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