A person can hardly read the news today and not hear some mention of social networking giant Facebook. Whether mentioning the record IPO earlier this month, or even the recent marriage of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it pops up almost everywhere we look. However,...
In the early 1970s, Western Europeans spent more time working than their American counterparts - a trend that has drastically changed over the years. In fact, recent research indicates that Americans work 30 percent more than Europeans.There has been some debate...
Divorce rates in the U.S. began to rise exponentially in the postwar era - especially during the 1970s - at a time when divorce laws were being changed and women began to enter the workforce. Even today, most estimate that roughly half of all marriages will end in...
Forty Dallas-area parents were arrested recently for failure to pay child support by the Texas Attorney General's office. During the weeklong sting - codenamed "Operation Lone Star Support" - investigators apprehended those suspected of missing child support payments...
Child custody and parental visitation schedules are created in the best interest of the child(ren) with the goal of keeping the child(ren) as emotionally healthy and happy as possible under the circumstances. Implementing these schedules can be difficult and the...
There are few things in this world as heartbreaking as a man discovering a child he taken care of since birth may not be his. Unfortunately, this is exactly what happens more than many would like to admit. Some men may not find out that a child is not theirs for years...
Last year, the Texas Supreme Court established the Uniform Forms Task Force with the ultimate goal of creating standard divorce forms for Texans who want to represent themselves during a divorce. Recently, the same court refused a request by the State Bar of Texas...
Once upon a time, many women hid money from their husbands - it was often the only way that non-working wives obtained an emergency fund, a nest egg or "fun money" to buy her or the family's extras. But in today's culture of two working parent households, are women or...
