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Texas Appeals Court Considers Spouse’s Relationship to Child Following Same-Sex Divorce Case
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Texas Court Requires Ex-Husband to Continue Paying Taxes on Property Where Ex-Wife Lives
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Characterization of Gifted Property in a Texas Divorce
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Texas Court Appoints Receiver in Divorce with Complex Estate and International Assets
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Confirmation of Arbitration Award in High Asset Divorce
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Determining Law Governing Pre-Marital Agreement in High Net Worth Divorce
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Financial Consequences for Engaging in Prohibited Behaviors
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Divorce Decree Entered by Submission Thrown Out For Failure of Court to Conduct Trial
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Husband’s Inherited Home Confirmed as Separate Property Not Subject to Division in Divorce
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Court of Appeals Finds No Harm In Trial Court Failing to Submit Mother’s Request for Primary Residence of the Children to Jury
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Texas Court May Classify Attorney’s Fees Awarded in Divorce as Non-Dischargeable in Bankruptcy
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Custody Order Treating Children Differently
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Reconstitution of Community Estate Due to Waste or Fraud in Texas Divorce
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Texas Appeals Court Reverses Default Divorce Based on Errors in Service
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Voluntary Underemployment in Dallas Custody Dispute
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Judicial Admissions in Texas Custody Modification Case
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Termination of Spousal Maintenance in Lieu of Child Support
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Texas Appeals Court Affirmed Divorce Decree Characterizing Property Purchased with Inheritance as Separate
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Property Division Pursuant to Texas Premarital Agreement Turns on Interpretation of “Their”
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Equal Property Division Despite Fraud Allegations
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Order Requiring Ex-Husband to Sign Papers to Transfer Stock to Ex-Wife
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Texas Appeals Court Reverses Spousal Maintenance Order for Lack of Evidence of Diligence
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Texas Court Declines to Recognize Pakistani Divorce Due to Lack of Notice
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Failure to Pay Debt Ordered in Texas Divorce Is Not Enforceable by Contempt
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Texas Father Did Not Voluntarily Relinquish Child to Grandmother Before Parental Adjudication
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Texas Appeals Court Husband Did Not Overcome Community Presumption in Divorce
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Texas Court Rejects Wife’s Argument Husband Sold Commercial Goodwill
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Texas Appeals Court Concludes Child Can Only Have One Home State in Child Support Case
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Conditions and Restrictions Related to Alcohol and Substance Abuse in Texas Custody Case
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Unequal Property Division and Spousal Maintenance
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Modification Naming Father Sole Managing Conservator
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Texas Court Denies Decrease in Child Support After Mother’s Remarriage
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Meritorious Defense Requirement for Bill of Review for Default Texas Divorce
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Appeals Court Addresses Family Violence, Sole Conservatorship, and Child Support in a Texas Custody Case
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Child Support Modification
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Spousal Support Awarded to Wife after 28-year Marriage
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Texas Post-Judgment Qualified Domestic Relations Order
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Texas Court Reopens Evidence After Custody Trial
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Texas Divorce Involving Adultery
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How Substance Abuse Affects Parental Rights and Custody in Texas
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Agreement Regarding Real Property During Texas Divorce
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Texas Appeals Court Reverses Restitution and Reconstitution of Community Estate
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Division of Military Retirement in a Texas Divorce
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Enforcement of Unpaid Obligations in Texas Divorce Decree
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Texas Appeals Court Reverses Dismissal of Grandmother’s Petition for Visitation
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Order Making Ex-Husband Liable for Salary Payments
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Spousal Maintenance Modification
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Texas Appeals Court Concluded Father Did Not Have Sufficient Notice for Contempt Order
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Texas Court Cannot Consider Extrinsic Evidence in Collateral Attack on Custody Jurisdiction
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Texas Court Denies Ex-Wife Postjudgment Interest on Accounts Awarded in Divorce
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Texas Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Jury Charge in Divorce Case
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Fraud on the Community in Texas Divorce
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Texas Court Made Improper Substantive Change to Property Division with Order Striking Dollar Amounts
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Custody Modification Contrary to Child’s Preference
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Texas Divorce Decree Must Generally Comply with Mediated Settlement Agreement
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Modification Making Mother Sole Managing Conservator
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Texas Appeals Court Concludes “Build Provision” in Divorce Decree Not Ambiguous
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Texas Parent Seeking Modification of Custody Must Meet Burden of Proof When Other Party Defaults
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Texas Grandmother Failed to Prove Standing in Child Visitation Case
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Texas Appeals Court Reverses Order with Exclusive Decision-Making and No Geographic Restriction
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Redistribution of Assets Was Modification and Not Enforcement of Texas Divorce Decree
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Clarification and Enforcement of Texas Property Division
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Disproportionate Property Division
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Custody Modification Despite Mother’s Decision Not to Relocate
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Parties to a Texas Informal Marriage Must Represent Themselves as Married
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Supervised Visitation and Other Requirements
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Texas Appeals Court Reverses Spousal Maintenance Award
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Texas Court Denies Retroactive Termination of Child Support to Child’s 18th Birthday
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Texas Appeals Court Vacates Appointment of Receiver as Improper Modification of Property Division
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No Violation of Due Process Based on Emails with the Court after Texas Divorce Trial
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Texas Enforcement Order Reversed Due to Due Process Issues at Hearing
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Texas Court May Clarify Ambiguous Property Division
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Court Has Broad Discretion in Determining Texas Custody
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Texas Spousal Maintenance
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Texas Fit Parent Presumption Not Applicable in Certain Modification Proceedings
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Texas Appeals Court Concludes Stock Issued by Husband’s Employer Was Community Property
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Texas Court Denies Child Support Modification Based on Father’s Alleged Change in Income
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Characterization of Personal Injury Recovery in Texas Divorce
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Texas Court Allows Mother to Relocate with Children to Maine
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Business Property Valuation in Divorce Case
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Texas Legislative Update
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Appeals Court Reverses Denial of Motion to Compel Arbitration in Texas Custody Modification Case
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Texas Supreme Court Reverses and Remands Custody Case for Child Interview
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Texas Appeals Court Reverses Summary Judgment in Custody Modification Case
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Texas Court Awards Husband Frozen Embryos in Divorce
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Post-Divorce Enforcement/Clarification Order
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Make-Up Time in Texas Possession and Access Enforcement Actions
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Texas Appeals Court Reverses Order Granting Grandparents Visitation
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Texas Appeals Court Reverses Children’s Name Change
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Texas Appeals Court Vacates Property Division After Husband Revokes Consent to Agreed Division
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Legal Description of Property Controls Over Address in Texas Husband’s Quitclaim Deed to Wife
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Texas Presumption of Paternity after Termination of Someone Else’s Parental Rights
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Texas Wife Not Awarded Disproportionate Property Division Despite Allegations of Cruelty and Infidelity
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Texas Grandmother Awarded Custody
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Texas Court Characterizes Property Conveyed by Husband’s Parents as Community Property
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Texas Stepfather Has Standing to Seek Custody after Mother’s Death
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Divorce Decree Following Arbitration Award
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Texas Appeals Court Reverses Spousal Maintenance Award Due to Lack of Evidence of Expenses
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House Bought Before Marriage Declared Both Parties’ Separate Property in Texas Divorce
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Characterization of Personal Injury Recovery in Texas Divorce Cases
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Spousal Maintenance and Reimbursement
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Divorce Decree with No Payment Mechanism or Schedule for Owelty Lien
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Texas Spousal Maintenance Award Cannot Exceed Statutory Maximum
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Marital Home Built on Gifted Lots Retains Separate Property Characterization in Texas Divorce
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Fit Parent Presumption in Texas Custody Modification Proceedings
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Texas Appeals Court Concludes Parties’ Premarital Agreement Is Enforceable without a Signed Copy
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Texas Appeals Court Overturns Default Judgment in Custody Case
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Order with No Geographic Restriction on Children’s Residence
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Separate Property Characterization
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Disproportionate Property Division in Divorce
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Texas Court Denies Grandparents’ Request to Register Utah Visitation Order
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Denial of Spousal Maintenance
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Considerations in Texas Divorces Involving Complex Business Assets
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Texas Court Denies Mother’s Request to Relocate with Child
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Texas Divorce Decree Must Comply with Material Terms of Parties’ Rule 11 Agreement
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Texas Court Addresses Validity of Post-Nuptial Agreement
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How Do Texas Courts Value a Medical Practice During Divorce Proceedings?
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Texas Court Rejects Mother’s Request to Modify Relocation Restrictions in Recent Divorce Appeal
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The Potential Property Division Issues That Can Come Up in a Texas High-Net-Worth Divorce
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Texas Court Prohibits Parents from Communicating
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Showing a Material and Substantial Change of Circumstances for Texas Custody Modification
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Texas Appeals Court Reverses Separate Property Characterization in Divorce Case
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Texas Trial Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Correct Errors in Retirement Division Years After Decree
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Texas Court Denies Wife’s Request for Name Change in Divorce
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Texas Child Support for Joint Managing Conservator
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Child-Custody Modification
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Requirement of Flexibility in Possession and Access to Older Child
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Attorney’s Fees in Texas Divorce Without Community Property
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Subject-Matter Jurisdiction in Texas Custody Case
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Documentary Evidence in Texas Divorce
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Disability Can Be Established Through Lay Testimony in Texas Spousal Maintenance Case
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Dormancy of Texas Divorce Judgment Calculated From Date Payment Obligation Is Triggered
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Texas Child Support Based on Mother’s Evidence When Father Failed to Appear
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Texas Division of Real Estate in Divorce
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Texas Appeals Court Finds Insufficient Evidence for Spousal Support
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Evidence Regarding Property Required in Texas Divorce
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Court Must Decide Validity and Enforceability of Arbitration Agreement in Divorce Cases
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Geographic Restriction in Texas Custody Case
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Gifts and Separate Property in Texas Divorce
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Exception to Texas Statute of Limitations for Adjudicating Parentage
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Texas Appeals Court Denies Mother’s Challenges to Custody Modification
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Texas Husband Denied Reimbursement for Repairs to Wife’s Property
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Texas Wife Awarded Disproportionate Property Division Due to Cruel Treatment
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Registering a Foreign Custody Determination in Texas
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Texas Grandmother Lacked Standing for Visitation
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Mischaracterization of Property in Texas Divorce
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Proving Separate Property in a Texas Divorce
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Modification vs. Clarification in Texas Custody Cases
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Property Owned by Business Entity in Texas Divorce
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Invited Error in Texas Divorce Case
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Texas Spousal Maintenance After 10-Year Marriage
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Texas Child-Support Arrearages
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Texas Modification of Person With the Exclusive Right to Designate Child’s Primary Residence
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Texas Appeals Court Holds Paternity Cannot Be Adjudicated After Putative Father’s Death
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Texas Court Cannot Stop Divorce Trial Without Allowing Parties to Present Their Cases
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Alcohol Restriction in Divorce Decree
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Challenging a Texas Acknowledgment of Paternity
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Discrepancies Between Texas Divorce Decree and Property-Division Agreement
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Decision-Making Rights in Texas Joint Managing Conservatorship
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Texas Court Allows Mother to Travel Internationally with the Child
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Sibling Standing in Texas Custody Case
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Texas Court Dismisses Case Seeking to Void Divorce Due to Bigamy
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Life Insurance and Texas Divorce
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Texas Court Finds Alleged Father Time-Barred From Adjudicating Paternity
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Adult Daughter Entitled to Child-Support Arrearages from Father after Mother’s Death
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Texas Court Finds Mother Is Intentionally Unemployed
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Condition Precedent to Receiving Contractual Support Payments in Texas Divorce Agreement
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Separate Property and Tort Claims in Texas Divorce
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Texas Final Divorce Decree Constituted Consent Judgment after Revocation of MSA
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Texas Jury Finds Same-Sex Couple Was Not Informally Married
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Texas Divorce Abated Upon Husband’s Death
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Ex-Wife Entitled to 50% of Community Portion of Pension Benefits in Texas Divorce
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Texas Appeals Court Denies Grandmother Standing in Custody Case
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Texas Appeals Court Finds Wife Did Not Convert Inheritance to Community Property
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Credibility and Evidence in Texas Child-Support Modification Proceeding
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Texas Court Limits Visitation Due to History of Family Violence
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Enforcement of High Net Worth Texas Divorce
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Challenging a Texas Acknowledgment of Paternity
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Ex-Wife Entitled to Ongoing Interest in Ex-Husband’s Defined Benefit Retirement Plan
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Death of a Party During a Texas Divorce Case
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Right to Attorney and Right Against Self-Incrimination in Texas Custody Enforcement Action
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Texas Mediated Settlement Agreement Upheld Despite Husband’s Failure to Disclose Assets
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Texas Appeals Court Denies New Trial and Affirms Disproportionate Division in Default Divorce
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Timeframe for Paying Texas Child-Support Arrearages
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Valuation and Separate Property in Texas Divorce
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Former Spouse Cannot File New Suit for Division of Property Disposed of in Texas Divorce
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Texas Court Denies Child-Support Increase Despite Father’s Tenfold Salary Increase
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Child Interviews and Extracurricular-Activity Expenses in Texas Custody Case
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Evidence of Separate Property in Texas Divorce Cases
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Arbitration Award in Divorce Case
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Is it Possible to Keep Your 401(k) in Your Divorce?
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Texas Appeals Court Enforces Property Distribution Years After Default Divorce
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What is Spousal Maintenance and When is it Awarded?
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Addressing an Error in a Texas Child-Support Mediated Settlement Agreement
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Texas Divorce Court Must Compel Arbitration of Dispute Regarding Buyout Provision of Company Agreement
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Medical Expense Reimbursement as Texas Child Support
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Texas Default Divorce Judgment Requires Supporting Evidence
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Compelling Texas Divorce Court to Specify Property Valuation
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Father May Challenge Amount of Arrearages in Decades-Old Texas Child Support Case
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Ex-husband Denied Share of Ex-Wife’s Military Retirement Years After Texas Divorce
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Court Denies Geographic Restriction in Texas Custody Case
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Disparity in Retirement Benefits in Texas Divorce
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Texas Grandmother Must Overcome Fit-Parent Presumption to Become Possessory Conservator
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Texas Court Can Impose Geographic Restriction After Jury Gives Parent Custody
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Employer-Paid Insurance Premiums Are Not Net Resources for Texas Child-Support Calculation
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Texas Court Denies Child-Support Modification upon Finding of Underemployment
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Texas Informal Marriage: Agreement to Be Married
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Texas Court Grants Divorce and Denies Annulment
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Texas Spousal Maintenance Upheld Without Medical Records or Expert Testimony
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Cruelty and Fraud on the Community in a Texas Divorce
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Texas Court Gives Father Custody after Mother Seeks Modification
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Wife Waived Right to Tax Reimbursement by Failing to Comply with Texas Divorce
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Texas Divorce Court Cannot Divide Property Owned by Business Entity
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Texas Contractual Alimony Claim Barred by Contract Statute of Limitations
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Texas Child Support Guidelines and Child Support Modification
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Lump Sum Disability Payment Credited to Future Child Support
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Genetic Testing of Presumed Father in Texas Paternity Case
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Texas Appeals Court Finds Wife Did Not Commit Fraud by Nondisclosure
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Finding of Informal Marriage
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Joint Managing Conservators Do Not Have to Have Equal Possession in Texas Custody Order
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Military Disability Cannot Be Divided by Texas Divorce Court
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Trial or Contested Hearing Required to Determine Disputed Texas Property Division
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Custody Modification Following Alleged Assault and Abuse
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Successor Judge Had Authority to Reform Judgment in Texas Parental Adjudication Case
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Wife Entitled to Share of Husband’s Military Retirement in Texas Divorce
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Texas Custody Schedule Changed Due to School Absences
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Texas Appeals Court Finds Property Was Separate Despite Use of Community Funds
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Arbitration Provisions in Texas Premarital Agreements
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Equitable Property Distribution in Texas Divorce
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Texas Custody Modification Upheld Despite Conflicting Evidence
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Texas Grandmother Has Standing to File Custody Suit
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Default Judgment in a Texas Divorce Case
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Texas Supervised Visitation
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Supreme Court of Texas Discovery Rules
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Property Division in Texas Default Divorce Judgment
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Texas Parental Presumption and Joint Managing Conservatorship
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Texas Divorce Decree Must Adopt Terms of a Mediated Settlement Agreement
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Supervised Visitation Not Required for Texas Mother after Sobriety
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Evidence of Adultery and Drug Use in a Texas Custody Case
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Finding Father Was Intentionally Unemployed or Underemployed
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Order Changing Child’s Surname to Match His Father’s
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Is My Spouse Entitled to Half of My 401(k)?
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Texas Appeals Court Finds No Judicial Admission in Conditional Pleading for Custody Modification
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Arbitration Award Involving Texas Couple’s Business Entities Upheld on Appeal
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Standard Possession Presumption Does Not Apply to Child Under Three in Texas Custody Case
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Texas Court Has Jurisdiction Over North Carolina Child-Custody Order
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Meaning of “Multiple Households” for Purposes of Calculating Texas Child Support
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Texas Divorce Decree Could Address Changes Arising from Hurricane Occurring after MSA
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Texas Court Should Have Applied Parental Presumption Even When Parent Lived Outside U.S.
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Cruel Treatment During Marriage Results in Disproportionate Division of Property
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Texas Father Entitled to Child Support Credit While Living with the Mother and Children
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Texas Court Finds No Duress in Mediated Settlement Agreement
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Texas Court Finds No Common Law Marriage Existed Despite Representations the Parties Were Married
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Texas Court May Order Primary Custodial Parent to Pay Child Support
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Texas Court Awarded Guardianship to Aunt Instead of Grandmother
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Mexican Premarital Agreement Found Valid and Enforceable in Texas
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Texas Court of Appeals Denies Writ to Vacate Order Compelling Therapy
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Who Gets the Family Pet in a Divorce?
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Fraudulent Texas Partition or Exchange Agreement Found Unenforceable
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Fit Parents in Texas Decide If Non-parent Gets Conservatorship or Possession of Their Children
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Texas Court Terminates Father’s Child Support Obligation
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Charging Order Against Businesses to Enforce Judgments Arising from Divorce
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False Allegations May Justify Texas Custody Modification
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Material and Substantial Change Must Be Related to Requested Texas Custody Modification
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Ex-Wife Not Required to Repay Ex-Husband for Mortgage Payments After Divorce
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Texas Court Grants Mother’s Wishes to Relocate Out of State
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20 Things That People Should Do Before Getting Married
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Continuing Texas Child Support While Child Pursues High School Diploma
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Appeals Court Reverses Finding of Business Partnership in Texas Divorce Case
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Court Grants Mother Exclusive Rights in Texas Custody Case
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Texas Court Denies Mother’s Request to Change Children’s Surname
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Threats of Criminal Prosecution Can Constitute Duress in Texas Divorce Case
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Parent Seeking Child Support Modification in Texas Must Present Evidence of Historical Income and Resources
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Texas Appeals Court Allows Adult Daughter to Pursue Outstanding Child Support
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Texas Appeals Court Finds Gift Property from Wife’s Parents Was Her Separate Property
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Divorce on Grounds of Adultery
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Texas Divorce Court May Clarify Divorce Decree That Omitted Amount of Wife’s Retirement Award
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Dre Day: Without a prenuptial agreement, Dr. Dre and his wife, Nicole Young, might see their day in court
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Texas Supreme Court Finds that Parental Presumption Extends to Modification Suits
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Texas Court Must Transfer Custody Enforcement Action After Child Moves
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Can my spouse kick me out of our house or keep me from moving out of our house?
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Divorce in Texas after a Pandemic: What to Know
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Denial of Mother’s Petition to Change Custody
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Order Requiring Father to Pay Mother’s Attorney’s Fees
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The Texas Supreme Court Orders Continued Remote Hearings and Procedures for the Foreseeable Future
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Best-Interest Factors May Not Be Relevant in Texas Custody Case Where Both Parents Are Fit
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Texas Court Did Not Acknowledge Mexican Divorce Due to Procedural Issues
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Texas Joint Managing Conservators Presumption May Be Rebutted with Credible Evidence of Abuse
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Collaborative Law: Creative Solutions for an Unprecedented Time
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Texas Appeals Court Reverses Order Changing Child’s Name
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Court Order Granting Grandparents Custody
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Possession Schedules While on the Front Line of COVID-19
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Texas Court Has Discretion in Determining Duration of Spousal Maintenance
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Securing Justice for Clients in the Virtual World
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Biological Father Ordered to Pay Child Support to Mother’s Ex-Husband in Texas Custody Case
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Spousal Maintenance in Texas Divorce Cases
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Ongoing Obligation Under I-864 Affidavit of Support after Texas Divorce
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Can I Still Get Divorced Under Quarantine?
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Texas Divorce Court May Base Property Valuation on the Evidence Before It
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Texas Divorce Court May Award Damages to Wife Where Husband Improperly Withdrew Retirement Funds During Divorce
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The Effects of COVID-19 on Child Custody Matters
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How Will COVID-19 Affect my Possession Schedule?
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Custody Modification Following Alleged Domestic Violence Incident
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Injunction Prohibiting Child Being in Father’s Girlfriend’s Presence
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Texas Court Denies New Qualified Domestic Relations Order More Than 20 Years After Divorce
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Modification Allowing Unsupervised Visitation
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Disproportionate Property Distribution
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Texas Court Finds Same-Sex Spouse Is Parent of Child Born to Spouse through Artificial Insemination
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Texas Court Can’t Deny Petition for Modification of Conservatorship for No Material Change without Evidentiary Hearing
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Texas Possession Order Can’t Contravene Jury Verdict on Primary Residence
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Texas Appeals Court Won’t Take Piecemeal Approach to Property Division Appeal
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Custody Modification Based on Family Violence
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Texas Appeals Court Affirms Order Naming Stepfather as Child’s Joint Managing Conservator
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SSI Should Not Be Considered in Calculating Texas Child Support
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Texas Husband Considered Child’s Father Despite Paternity Test Otherwise
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Texas Divorce Court May Clarify Latent Ambiguity in Divorce Decree
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Texas Court Grants Grandparents Visitation and Access to Grandchildren
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Texas Court Orders Child’s Name Change to Include His Father’s Surname
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Court Lifts Texas OAG Suspension of Driver’s License for Failure to Pay Child Support
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Texas Mediated Settlement Agreement May Be Binding Even If Signed Before Divorce Is Filed
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Texas Court Awards Grandmother Custody of Grandchild
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Texas Court Includes Father’s Personal Injury Annuity in Resources When Calculating Child Support
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Permanent Injunction Prohibiting Contact Between Father’s Girlfriend and Child
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Texas Court Finds Prenuptial Agreement Was Enforceable
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Father’s Disability Following Stroke Leads to Modification of His Texas Child Support Obligation
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Time Limit for Alleged Biological Father to Rebut Husband’s Presumptive Paternity in Texas
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Spousal Maintenance Awards in Texas Divorce Cases
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Jurisdiction in Texas Divorce
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Texas Court May Correct Clerical Error in Final Decree
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Mental Health Problems in Texas Custody Cases
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Texas Court Awards Custody to Stepfather
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Texas Court May Not Make Substantive Change When Clarifying a Custody Order
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Court Must Assign Value to Lease in Texas Divorce
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Award of Retirement Increases in Texas Divorce
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Texas Court May Not Ignore Stipulations in Property Division in a Divorce Case
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Temporary Orders in Texas Custody Cases
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Stepparent’s Rights in Texas
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Divorcing an Adulterer in Texas
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Divorcing While Pregnant in Texas
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Same-Sex Custody Disputes in Texas
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Texas Child Support Based on Earning Potential when Parent is Underemployed
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Arbitrator’s Evident Partiality in Texas Divorce Case
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Court May Order Battering Intervention and Prevention Program in Texas Custody Case
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Texas Court Finds Payment of Personal Expenses By LLC Constituted Constructive Fraud in Divorce Case
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Separate Property in Texas Divorce Includes Property Claimed by One Spouse Before Marriage
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Texas Divorce Court May Reconstitute Community Estate to Account for Waste and Dissipation
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Texas Divorce Court May Correct Clerical Error with Judgment Nunc Pro Tunc
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Texas Custody Modification Requires Material and Substantial Change that Affects the Child
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Money Is Not Tangible Personal Property in Texas Divorce Case
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Texas Appeals Court Overturns Conspiracy Claim Against Grandmother in Custody Case
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Successful Restricted Appeal Based on Lack of Evidence in Texas Divorce Proceeding
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Texas Court Allows Mother to Change Children’s Last Name
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Finding of No Informal Marriage
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Geographic Residency Restriction in Custody Order
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Texas Court Grants Custody to Father Who Supports Kid’s Therapy
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Texas Appeals Court Reverses Child Support in Excess of Statutory Guidelines
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Personal Injury Recoveries in Texas Divorce
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Parentage in the Modern Era: What to Know When Baby is on the Way and No Wedding Day
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Geographic Restriction in Designating Primary Residence in Texas Custody Cases
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Texas Appeals Court Reverses Spousal Maintenance Due to Insufficient Evidence
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Texas Appeals Court Reverses Property Division Due to Lack of Evidence
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Gift Presumption in Texas Property Division
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Texas Appeals Court Finds Property Division in Divorce Was Just
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Texas Court Finds Father Underemployed and Orders Retroactive Support
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Texas Appeals Court Upholds Mediated Settlement Agreement
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Texas Court Erred in Dismissing Motion for Clarifying Order in Custody Case
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Texas Appeals Court Finds Challenged Order Reflects Mediated Settlement Agreement
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Texas Court Finds Clarification Order Not Improper Modification of Divorce Decree
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Findings of Fact and Waiver in Texas Divorce
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Alienation and the Child’s Best Interest in Texas Custody Cases
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Domicile and Jurisdiction in Texas Divorce and Custody Cases
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Texas Court Finds Spousal Maintenance Can’t Be Terminated through Collateral Attack
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The Fifth Amendment and Death Penalty Sanctions in Texas Divorce
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Texas Custody Modification and Best Interest of the Child
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Attorney’s Fees Awarded in Texas Child Support Enforcement
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Texas Common Law Marriage after Divorce
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Changed Circumstances in Texas Custody Case
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Proving Separate Property in a Commingled Account in Texas Divorce
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Proving Informal Marriage in Texas
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Court Can Disproportionately Distribute Assets Due to Fraud in Texas Divorce
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Court Must Have Evidence of Property Value to Distribute Property in Texas Divorce
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Texas Court Finds Distribution of “Net Payment” in Texas Divorce Did Not Address Pre-Tax Deductions
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Determining If a Texas Premarital Agreement is Voluntary
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Diligence and Spousal Maintenance in Texas Divorces
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Texas Court Finds Property Remained Separate Under Premarital Agreement
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Spouse May Be Required to Reimburse Community Estate in Texas Divorce
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Texas Court Awards Attorney’s Fees in Child Support Case
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Proving Disability for Texas Spousal Maintenance
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Texas Child Support Modification
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Reimbursement for Loans Made to Separate Property in Texas Divorce
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Former Spouses Are Generally Not Fiduciaries in Texas
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Characterizing Gifts in Texas Divorces
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Attempted Compliance with a Texas Divorce Decree
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Property Division in Texas Divorce Must Be Equitable But Not Equal
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Waiver of Appeal in Texas Divorce Cases
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Texas Court Denies Post-Divorce Property Division
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Clarification of an Ambiguous Texas Divorce Decree
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Evidence of Adultery in Texas Divorce
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Property Division and Texas Spousal Maintenance in a Divorce
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Modification of a Texas Custody Order
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Name Change of a Minor in Texas After Paternity Dispute
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Modification of Child Custody Travel Provision in a Texas Case When There’s an Abduction Risk
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Wasting of Community Assets in Texas
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When are Temporary Orders Changing Child Custody Appropriate in Texas?
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Divorce Involving Eight Kids and Domestic Violence Allegations
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Right to Designate Residence of Texas Child
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Requests to Modify Spousal Maintenance in Texas
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Proving Separate Property Interests in Texas
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Father’s Motion for New Trial Denied in Texas
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Abusive Spouse Appeals Texas Child Custody Order
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Default Judgment in a Texas Divorce
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Termination of Parental Rights in Texas for Placing a Child in an Endangering Environment
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Termination of Parental Rights Due to Child Injury in Texas
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Modification of Parent-Child Relationship Post-Divorce in Texas
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Stepmother Petitions to Modify Parent-Child Relationship in Texas
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Wife Unable to Overcome Community Property Presumption in Texas
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Erroneous Calculation of Texas Child Support Award
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Partitioning a Marital Home After an Ex-Spouse’s Death
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Protective Order as a Result of Family Violence During Texas Divorce
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Deviation from Standard Possession Order in Texas
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Family Violence Exception and Texas Mediated Settlement Agreements
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Texas Child Support Modification Deviates from Statutory Guidelines
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Gift Given Before Texas Marriage
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Temporary Spousal Maintenance in Texas
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Texas Final Divorce Decree Includes Error But Stands
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Husband Asks for Marriage to be Declared Void in Texas
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Death Penalty Sanctions in a Texas Divorce
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Post-Majority Expenses in Texas Divorce Agreements
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Duties Owed by Constructive Trustee for Property Awarded to A Spouse in Texas
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Deviation from Standard Possession When Texas Mother Has Mental Health Problems
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When Does an Uncle Have Standing to Petition for Custody in Texas?
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Petition to Modify Parent-Child Relationship After Texas Divorce
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Valid Post-Marital Agreement in Texas?
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Reimbursement in Texas Divorce
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Property Distribution After Dissolution of a Texas Common Law Marriage
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Child Support for an Adult Disabled Child in Texas
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Mediated Settlement Agreements in Texas Divorce
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Giving Children a Voice in Custody Disputes
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Characterization of Property During Texas Divorce and Failure to Request Findings
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Partitioning Bonuses in Texas
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Deviation from a Standard Possession Schedule in Texas
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Retirement Benefits and COLA in Texas Divorce
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Texas Post-Divorce Modifications of Property Division and Collateral Estoppel
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Factors for Spousal Maintenance Award in Texas
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The Property Owner Rule in Valuing Texas Property for Distribution Purposes
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Grandparents Seek Court-Ordered Visitation in Texas
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Do Step-Parents Have Any Rights?
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Protecting Your Assets in the Event of Divorce
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Family Violence and Custody in Texas
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Robert Epstein and Francesca Blackard Voted by their Peers as Texas Rising Stars for 2017
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Modifications to Exclusive Right to Designate Residence of a Texas Child
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Texas Spousal Maintenance for a Disabled Spouse
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Community Property Presumption In Texas
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Texas Contempt Findings for Violations of Morality Clause
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Child Custody Dispute Between Mother and Grandmother in Texas
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In re Cole – Who Holds the Power to Determine the Child’s School?
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Maintenance Seized From Retirement Account in Texas Enforcement Lawsuit
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Emotional Abuse by a Mother in Texas
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Acceptance of Benefits Doctrine in Texas Divorce
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When Business and Pleasure Become Commingled
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Terminating Parental Rights Based on Parent’s Criminal Conviction
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Texas Parental Right to Make Medical and Psychological Treatment Decisions
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Sperm Donors, Artificial Insemination, and Paternity in Texas
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Property Division and Adult Disabled Child in Texas Divorce Case
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Dividing a Family Business and the Community Estate in Texas
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Grandparent Tries to Intervene in SAPCR Case in Texas
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Property Distribution Post-Divorce in Texas
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Texas Court Considers Parent-Child Relationship After Possible Suicide Attempt
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Requests to Modify Maintenance in Texas
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Interpreting Texas Premarital Agreements
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Mediated Settlement Agreements in Texas Divorces
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Retroactive Child Support in Texas
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Case Law Update on Invasion of Privacy in Texas
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Who Keeps the Engagement Ring if the Wedding is Called Off?
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Valuation of Separate Property and Reimbursement in a Texas Divorce
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Defrauding the Marital Community in Texas
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Family Violence After a Texas Divorce
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting (& Divorcing)
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Right to Designate a Child’s Primary Residence in Texas
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Dissolution of an Informal Marriage in Texas
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Enforcing a Child Support Order in Texas
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Parents’ Agreement to Terminate a Mother’s Rights in Texas
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Right to Reimbursement in Texas Divorce
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Enforceability of a Rule 11 Agreement in Texas
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Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, and a Discussion on Family Violence Protective Orders and Temporary Restraining Orders in Texas
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Divorce and Taxes – What to do if your ex-spouse botched your joint tax return
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How Surrogacy Contracts Work
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Life After Divorce- Ways to Successfully Coparent After You Split
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Division of Property in Texas
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It’s Not Too Late to Get a Prenup!
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Protective Orders: Who is Protected from Family Violence Under the Texas Family Code?
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Protect Yourself with a Prenuptial Agreement Before You Wreck Yourself with a Divorce
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Court Emphasizes Importance of Honesty During Collaborative Law Divorce
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FedEx May Have to Honor Same-Sex Widow’s Benefits
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To Move Out or Not To Move Out – That is the Question
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Cohabitation Agreements: The Wave of the Future?
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Title IV Family Violence Protective Orders
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With Child Support Off the Table, Celebrity Asks for “Pet Support”
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How Sexually Transmitted Diseases Affect Divorces in Texas
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The Dallas County Standing Order – Recent Updates
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LGBT Rights Still Likely to Remain an Issue after U.S. Supreme Court Decision
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iClouded Judgment
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Same-Sex Couples and Common Law Marriage
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Kaley Cuoco and Ryan Sweeting Split, Short Term Marriage
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Interstate Child Custody Disputes and the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
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What’s Mine Is Mine – Understand Separate Property
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Temporary Orders Allow Kelly Rutherford’s Children to Come Back to the United States
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In Light of Obergefell v. Hodges Decision, State of Texas Now Ordered to License and Recognize Same-Sex Marriage
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I’ve filed for divorce….so what happens next?
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Bobby Flay Cheater Banner- Genius Strategic Move or Complete Mistake?
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How Will Divorce Affect My Taxes?
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RECENT UPDATES FROM THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE
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Twins With Two Different Dads, Not Impossible
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RECENT TEXAS CASES INVOLVING THE RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN DIVORCE
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Special Provisions for Active Military Members under the Texas Family Code
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Should a Rapist Have the Right to Custody of a Child Conceived by Rape?
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How to Catch Your Cheating Spouse–or How Not to Get Caught
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WANT TO SERVE YOUR SPOUSE WITH DIVORCE PAPERS THROUGH FACEBOOK? A NEW YORK COURT SAYS O.K.
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Congratulations on the birth of your baby boy! Now what?
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KEYSHAWN JOHNSON GETTING DIVORCED LESS THAN ONE YEAR FROM DATE OF MARRIAGE
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THE STATE OF THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE IS STRONG
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First Same-Sex Marriage License in Texas Leaves More Questions than Answers
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Establishing Paternity in Texas Part III
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Should I Get a Divorce or an Annulment? What’s the Difference?
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Spouse Cannot Use Texas Law to Seize Federal Survivor Annuity Benefit
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Establishing Paternity in Texas Part II
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Establishing Paternity in Texas
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Camille Cosby- To Divorce or Not to Divorce, that is the Question
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Devon Still and Outstanding Child Support? What if in Texas?
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How a Texas Court Might Have Handled the Hamm Divorce
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