Texas residents must be concerned about property settlements during a divorce. That concern is highlighted even more whenever one spouse suddenly comes into a significant amount of money. An arbitrator in Michigan recently ruled that a man must pay his wife nearly $15...
Understanding stepparent adoption in Texas
Stepparents can be an important part of a child's life in Texas. In some circumstances, particularly when the other biological parent is not a part of the child's life, a stepparent may want to adopt a child. This is the most typical kind of adoption in the United...
Realism in the court: divorce and job loss
In Texas and elsewhere around the country, no one wants to lose his or her job while in the midst of a divorce. Getting divorced is hard enough on the emotions without suddenly losing the prospect of earning a living. Plus, there is the question of how a family court...
Divorce mediation: Set goals and follow through with the process
There's nothing simple about divorce, but there are things you can do to ease the tension, speed up the process and prevent the exacerbation of already bad feelings between you and your ex-spouse.Mediation is often the best path toward a mutually acceptable divorce...
USDA wants states to implement SNAP child support provisions
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program helps almost 40 million people in Texas and around the country to meet their food bills. The rules outlining how the program is administered can be found in the Food and Nutrition Act and SNAP regulations, and they allow...