If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Baby Lawyers In looking for a attorney to represent you for the dissolution of your marriage, the demographics are much like social hierarchy. There are some lawyers who are very good with small estates, but have not dealt with the…
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Garnishment is the process of withholding the earnings of an individual so as to repay a debt obligation. Garnishment is a legal process, where a creditor or debt collector wins a lawsuit against you and is thus given the right to proceed with garnishment. Thus garnishment is sought by court order. In most situations the…
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Your Houston divorce lawyer will have already told you that divorce mediation will take care of most of the nasty things in a divorce process. It finds solutions and amicable ways of settling divorce issues such as children custody, property division, visitation schedule and spousal maintenance. It is said to be the best route to…
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Even if your marriage has failed, your life has to go on. This calls for a logical analysis and conclusion of divorce proceedings. A Houston divorce lawyer has his work clearly cut. He will not only be your legal counselor, but he will also be responsible for reining in your emotions which if left unchecked,…
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A judge in a divorce court has seen it all. He or she has seen the drama queens, the crocodile tears, the acting, the anger and foul temper…all of it. Few things will faze a Houston family law judge. In fact, most of them get angry when you try to impress them. However, they are…
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If your Houston divorce lawyer has not already told you the staff that you will encounter in the divorce court, the list below can be informative. It is important to know the role of each of these people. They will be the people who will determine the path your future will take. In most courts,…
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Courts are places of records. Information that is pertinent to the case is sought with vengeance. It is not enough to come up with a solid case based on circumstantial evidence. You need to prove your points of law using information that is admissible in court. The Houston law drafters therefore devised several methods you…
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Normally child protective services will ask for a drug test when another has called in and stated that you are using illegal drugs. Sometimes it may happen after and arrest is made which may be a drug related offense. The drug test that is performed is typically a swab or urine test. If you test…
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In most cases, infidelity is considered a form of domestic abuse. An unfaithful husband, especially if he has the tendency to be aggressive, does not care who he hurts. Generally, his wife becomes as vulnerable and frail as a victim of physical abuse. A cheating husband may scoff at the idea that he is abusing…
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Many who own firearms do so for the purpose of personal protection. Family and loved ones come first when it comes to a home intrusion or other situations that require self defense – and it typically only takes a split second to do what is best for those whom you care about. Unfortunately, what many…
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In my practice, I typically get men on a weekly basis who want to terminate their rights. I get some woman who want to get the father out of the picture and ask make the same inquiry. As a Harris County Child Custody Lawyer, in most cases, to terminate the parent-child relationship, the court must…
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It is a fact that before few years divorce occurred rarely between couples and specifically for those who do not stand to live along with their partner anymore. In the current scenario, divorces are getting common and it is considered nearly as common as marriages itself. Nowadays, divorces have become a controversial thing and are…
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At the start of this article, I would like to say that if you are preparing for an hearing in which child support is an issue, but not who determines the primary residence of your children, then this article will not likely help you. When you and the other parent of your children cannot agree…
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If you have an attorney, that attorney will likely ask you questions that are as follows. If you have no attorney, sometimes the Judge will help you and ask you these questions, but the Judge is not required nor do they generally help you out. Feel feel to print out the questions and use when…
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A international divorce usually involves spouses who perhaps have filed for divorce in a foreign jurisdiction, where the waiting period is much longer than Texas, or perhaps that jurisdiction only grants a divorce based on fault, and this would be grounds to be awarded a disproportionate share of the of the marital assets. Children of…
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A trial court may grant a divorce on the ground of cruel treatment under the Texas Family Code Section 6.002 . To be considered “cruel treatment,” the conduct of the accused party must rise to such a level as to render the couple’s living together insupportable. Ayala v. Ayala, 387 S.W.3d 721, 733 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st…
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You must first file a petition for divorce with a bureau of vital statics form, Civil Case Information Sheet, and a Harris County Civil Process Request Form. The clerk will require that a filing fee be paid. It may be that you are stating that you are eligible for a fee waiver. Most of the fee…
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In Harris county, Texas grandparents many times have had difficulty to file original suits but also trouble in filing interventions in active suits between the parents. Sections 1002.003 and 102.004 of the Texas family code gives grandparents the ability to intervene in a lawsuit that involves their grandchildren. Most of the Judges you will find…
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I have attempted to subpoena the social media host on several occasions only to find that they typically will not produce the persons social media, but instead send a form letter that describes how to authenticate the individuals you are seeking’s social media. I am familiar with both facebook and twitter having options in their…
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Texas is a community property state which means that the marital property is divided equally between the spouses in the event of a divorce. However, this is not necessarily true as the division of property is based on the “just & right” principle which gives the presiding judge the authority to divide the community assets…
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