If you decide to divorce and have at least one child with your spouse, you can rest assured that you'll need to work through a variety of things regarding child custody.
While most child custody cases reach a resolution before litigation, there is no guarantee this will happen. Fortunately, when you understand the power of negotiation, whether done by the lawyers for the spouses or through formal mediation,it may be possible to work things out without the intervention of the court.
Are you going through a divorce? Are you worried about losing your property and assets? Do you want to put yourself in the best possible position regarding asset and debt division?
There is no denying the fact that property division can be a contentious issues during the divorce process. While you have one idea of what should happen, your soon to be ex-spouse may have another.
You might think that you and your ex-spouse have come to agreement on various issues regarding child custody and how you will handle certain things after the divorce. But unless you've agreed to these things in writing, there aren't any guarantees. This is why parents use what are called "parenting provisions," or written statements, that allow them to codify the terms of their parental activities and relationship as co-parents.
One area that parents will definitely want to cover with their parenting provisions is health insurance and health care. Here are four parenting provisions that parents could use to establish various agreements in this area of parenting:
Imagine the police pull you over and frighten you so badly that you confess to a crime you didn't commit. Or, maybe you answered police questions in the wrong way and now the prosecution is using what you said against you in court. These kinds of situations happen a lot, but they can largely be avoided by invoking your Miranda rights.
Your Miranda rights are the rights that you often hear police reciting to individuals as they arrest them in the movies.
Like many other criminal offenses, racketeering charges in Texas can have some serious consequences. The state has enacted racketeering laws in order to combat the activities of gangs and organized crime.
In general, racketeering involves participating in illegal enterprises or other activities that are part of any kind of organized crimes. In addition, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) laws also make it illegal for any criminal organizations to profit from or operate legal businesses. The reason for the RICO and racketeering laws is to stop organized crime rings from engaging in activities that might provide funding for illegal acts.
Obviously, no one sets out to get arrested for drunk driving. Yet, approximately every 20 minutes, somewhere in Texas a person gets killed or injured in an alcohol-related collision.
Part of the problem is that consuming even a small amount of alcohol adversely affects judgment. After consuming just a single drink, a person gets impaired to some degree. Multiple factors influence the level of impairment that affects drinkers, including:
If you're a marijuana user who also participates in social media or reads marijuana publications like High Times, chances are very good that you've heard of dabs. These increasingly popular marijuana extracts have been around for years, but now they have become the preferred form of marijuana for many regular users.
There are a number of reasons people cite for the popularity of dabs, also called BHO (butane hash oil), wax, glass, shatter and similar nicknames. People enjoy their stronger potency, allowing them to obtain greater effects with less time spent consuming marijuana. These extracts also make it easy for people to use vaporizer pens in public. Finally, many extracts lack the strong, tell-tale sign associated with natural-state marijuana, making it easier to transport or hide. Unfortunately, people in Texas face serious penalties for possessing or using marijuana extracts.
You've gotten a divorce, and you settled your child custody and visitation arrangements with your ex. Everything is going well when you get the call that you've been promoted. Now, the company wants to move you across the country.
You know taking the new job will give you a much higher income and a better ability to provide for your child, but you don't want to give up time with your child. You don't think it's a good idea to leave your child in your ex's primary custody, especially since you fought so hard to get primary custody. What should you do?
Your children mean everything to you, and you want to make sure you get your fair share of parenting time. While you have a solid case already, you want to do everything you can to make sure the court sees you as a responsible and likable parent.
There are some things you can to do present yourself in court that will help guarantee that you're looked on positively. For example, coming on time is vital to your success and showing that you're responsible. Here are a few other tips for making the best impression in court.
Texas couples whose marriages disintegrate are subject to community property laws. What this means is that all of the assets and gains of the marriage must be divided equally. But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't use advice and guidance from legal and financial professionals to ensure that you get what you need to move on in life.
