What a given state's family law policies are regarding same-sex couples can have a wide range of impacts.Such policies, obviously, can have major effects on individual same-sex couples in a state. For example, what position the state a same-sex couple lives in takes...
Month: July 2014
How does alimony work in Texas?
The end of a marriage doesn't necessarily stop all transactions or lines of communication between the ex-spouses. Divorced parents, for example, have to coordinate child custody matters and handle issues such as child support. Another post-divorce obligation is...
Social media clauses showing up in prenuptial agreements
Many people probably think of prenuptial agreements as documents that just deal with asset division. However, there are actually a great number of different things such agreements can regard. The list of terms prenuptial agreements sometimes include is quite long, and...
NFL owner’s testimony likely to be part of child custody case
There are many different things that could raise a divorced parent's concerns when it comes to the well-being of their children, including the environment and people their children are or are likely to be exposed to when with the ex-spouse. Sometimes, concerns over...
Domestic violence has claimed 17 lives in North Texas this year
Domestic violence can rather quickly escalate to horrifying proportions. It sometimes even costs victims their lives. Here in North Texas, several people have lost their lives to domestic abuse this year.According to the Dallas Morning News, in the four-county-area...
Federal benefits not available to all married same-sex couples
There has been a great deal of change lately here in America when it comes to how the law treats same-sex couples. Several states have legalized same-sex marriages and have made other family law mechanisms that have traditionally only been available to opposite-sex...