When child support goes unpaid, Texas child-support cases can sometimes go on for years after the obligation would otherwise have terminated. A Texas appeals court recently considered what happens when one parent dies before the past-due child support has been paid. The parents had a daughter together during their marriage…
When parties to a Texas divorce reach an agreement, the agreement may place conditions on certain obligations. A “condition precedent” is something that must occur before a party has a right to performance of an obligation by the other party. In a recent case, a mother challenged a trial court’s…
With more and more unmarried couples cohabiting these days (regardless of whether they have plans to eventually “tie the knot”), cohabitation agreements are becoming more popular. A cohabitation agreement specifically allows cohabitants to legally define their rights and obligations toward each other. Cohabitation agreements can be very useful when one…