Blog Posts in 2017

I have been living with my partner for years…how can I best protect against common law marriage claims? While the State of Texas recognizes informal, or common law, marriage, certain requirements must ...

The court cannot enforce child support without an enforceable court order. However, if there is a properly drafted court order that contains a child support obligation, then that child support ...

Child support is critically important to the future of the child. Texas favors a strong public policy based on the expectation that parents must share the financial responsibility for raising their ...

There Are Several Types of Adoption Each year, there are approximately 1.5 million children adopted in the United States. Just as no two families are quite the same, adoptions vary greatly on the ...

Adultery, or a spouse having an affair, is one of the common causes of divorce, but what do the courts really think when one of the spouses is having an affair? Most jilted spouses would like to think ...

Many people use the terms “executor” and “trustee” interchangeably. However, they’re not the same thing. And when it comes to estate planning, it’s a good idea to have a good grasp of these two ...