Petitioning for a name change – Minors Last week, we wrote a blog post on the reasonably easy process adults can go through to change their name. If you haven’t had a chance to read it, it discusses why a person would want to change their name, which can include everything from marriage or divorce…
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Want to change your name? Here’s how – There’s a hilarious episode of Friends from years ago where Phoebe goes to get her last name changed after her marriage to Mike. While filling out the paperwork, she realizes she can change her full name to whatever she wants. Phoebe – being Phoebe – does the unthinkable…
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5 Things You Should Do After An Argument With Your Spouse – There isn’t a married couple on the planet that doesn’t get into an argument from time to time. From small spats over who has more access to the TV remote or who’s turn it is to do the dishes to relationship-threatening struggles over…
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Summary of Common Family Law Terms (Vol. XIII) – Welcome to another summary of common Family Law terms. At Nelson Law Group PC, we believe in educating our clients by breaking down even the most complex and intimidating law topics into bite-size pieces that are easy to understand. While not an exhaustive list, what we…
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5 Reasons Why You Should Hire a Family Law Attorney – I’ve been practicing family law for nearly 25 years. In that time, I’ve had the pleasure of serving thousands of families in legal cases involving everything from divorce to child custody, child support, adoption, alimony, property division, and everything in between. It’s truly a…
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Terminating the Parent-Child Relationship – Inability to care for child – In a previous blog, we discussed the occasional need for a court of law to step in and sever a parent-child relationship. This can happen for a variety of reasons, but mostly it is done if there is a legitimate concern that the child…
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Child-Custody Determination and Inconvenient Forum – Let’s say a court has the jurisdiction to preside over and rule on a child-custody case, but due to the circumstances of that case, the judge or party in the case feels a court in another state would be more appropriate. Is this possible? The short answer is absolutely.…
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Temporary Emergency Jurisdiction – Defined – Jurisdiction is defined as a court’s official power to make legal decisions and judgments, but an important thing to remember is that a court’s jurisdiction typically does not transcend beyond the boundaries of its state or county. For example, a family court in Texas cannot involve itself in a…
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Statute of Limitations – Defined – Let’s say two people get divorced, and 20 years later one of them finds out the other somehow had a secret bank account during their bitterly-contested divorce. Unbeknownst to them, that spouse got away with intentionally hiding hundreds of thousands of dollars. As shameful – and illegal – as…
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Quantum Meruit – Defined – When a person sues for money they believe they are owed for services rendered when there is an “implied” agreement between them and another party, a judge can settle the dispute using what is called Quantum Meruit. Quantum Meruit – Defined Quantum Meruit is Latin for “as much as he…
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