Decision Time: 3 Ways A Court Divides Community Property Seldom can we make a decision in our personal lives – a good decision, anyway – without first having all the facts in front of us. Well the court system clearly works the same way, and now that the court hearing your divorce case has been…
Read articleWhat Your Role Is In Dividing And Confirming Marital Property The court ultimately decides who gets what marital property when divorcing spouses cannot agree, but that is not to suggest each spouse is taken completely out of the equation. The court welcomes valid evidence or claims a spouse has that could affect division and confirmation.…
Read articleSummary of Common Family Law Terms (Vol. V) We have discussed a great deal of family law terms over the last few months. Now it is time to take a brief timeout to look back on a some of the more noteworthy concepts I do this periodically because it’s not like this is everyday language.…
Read articleDoes the court hearing your divorce case have full jurisdiction? When divorcing, if spouses cannot agree on a fair and equitable division of marital property, they rely on the court to decide who gets what. That seems like a full proof way of settling the argument, right? Well, yes and no. Simply put, courts have…
Read articleDividing and Confirming – A Digestible Overview So you are getting divorced, and now the dreaded conversation of dividing up all that marital property – the house, land, retirement accounts, supposed separate property, etc. – is rearing its ugly head. Something has got to give, right? Which one of you is going to crack first?…
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Suit for Grandparent Possession or Access – An everyday person unfamiliar with family law would assume that a grandparent has the inside track in any suit affecting the parent-child relationship – such as a conservatorship suit where a parent is not involved or deemed unfit. After all, the grandparent is family. The court should see…
Read articleSuit for Sibling Access – In certain circumstances, a situation may arise where an older sibling requests to gain access to, or custody of, a younger sibling. We have written at great length about conservatorship suits, so this blog will strictly stick to suits for sibling access. For a review of conservatorship suits, go here…
Read articleGenetic Testing and Parentage Suits We have all heard of the term genetic testing, and maybe you even saw instances of it being used on television in various shows and movies. It can be some pretty interesting stuff, but how does it work within the framework of parentage suits? That is the focus of this…
Read articleParentage Suits (Part II) In our previous blog, we discussed the purpose of parentage suits in terms of legally establishing the existence of a parent-child relationship. This is important because, well, every child should have the emotional and legal benefit of knowing who both their parents are. If you did not see that blog post,…
Read articleThe ‘Why’ and ‘How’ behind parentage suits Growing up, I always had my mother and father to rely on. They were there for me when I came home from school, they took care of me when I was sick and, more importantly, they provided me a loving home to live in. Even when they eventually…
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