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Issues surrounding child support can be significant for divorcing Texas parents of minors. There are many questions that often come up during discussions of how the child support payments will be distributed: how much should be paid, how will the money be...

Many divorced couples in Texas have experienced the advantages of mediation. Knowing that both spouses played a part in the negotiations and the decision-making process during divorce mediation empowers ex-spouses going forward. However, there are likely to be...

In Texas, and elsewhere, family circumstances sometimes arise that necessitate a need for a grandparent to care for the child of his or her son or daughter. Texas families who have suffered the loss of both parents may want to note certain specifics regarding...

When a Texas marriage is coming to an end, both spouses must take care to pay close attention to the division of marital assets. The outcome of that process will have a huge impact on each spouse's financial standing in the months and years to come. As such, one of...

During property division negotiations in a divorce in Texas, couples have to identify community property and separate property for the purposes of achieving a fair and just division of community property. Many couples prefer to negotiate the way in which assets will...

If you and your spouse flatly know that your marriage is no longer viable, do you want state politicians weighing in on that determination by mandating that you take a time out for counseling classes before commencing divorce negotiations?Didn't think so. A recent...

For starters, a disclaimer and caveat needs to be attached to the above headline query, namely this: Mediated divorce is not a universal panacea for effectively terminating every divorce in Texas and elsewhere. That is, some divorcing couples are simply destined for a...

There are a multitude of tasks that engaged couples will want to get done before taking that fateful walk down the aisle. However, given all that wedding planning entails these days, it's not uncommon for many of these tasks to go unfinished despite the best efforts...

Look to Europe. That's the suggestion made in a recent media piece addressing some of the more troubling -- even seemingly intractable -- problems related to child support collection in the United States. We spotlighted some of those problems in our immediately...

Here's what can happen in many states -- including Texas -- when a noncustodial parent tasked with making child support payments fails to do so in the fully required amount at specified intervals:wage garnishmentintercepted tax refundsproperty liensuspension of...