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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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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Plenary Power – Defined – When a trial court has complete and absolute power to take action or render a judgment on a particular issue without limitations, that court is said to have Plenary Power. Think of Plenary Power along the same lines as jurisdiction, which we have learned about extensively in previous blog posts.…
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Child-Support Obligations Enforceable By Contempt – A court can enforce a child-support obligation that someone has either fallen behind on in payments or flat-out refused to pay. The most common method of enforcement is to hold that person in contempt of court. You can read more about the different types of contempt proceedings here, but…
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5 Qualities That A Competent Family Lawyer Should Have (Part II) – Whether you have a simple legal question or you are going through a complex child custody, child support, alimony, or asset division case, it is extremely important to have an attorney who is competent to give you sound advice. A few years ago,…
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