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...
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...
The horrible effects of spousal abuse can be wide-reaching. Not only can spousal abuse severely hurt the victim, it also can have major negative impacts on a couple's children. Witnessing an act of spousal abuse can be incredibly traumatic to a child, causing great...
One thing that authorities sometimes use in child support enforcement is jail time. Most people know that being delinquent on child support payments can lead to a person facing time in jail. What many may not know is that, here in Texas, a person who was delinquent on...
A same-sex couple is currently in something of a legal limbo in their fight to be legally recognized as the parents of infant twins.The couple consists of two men from Texas. The two got married in Washington D.C. last year. Of course, given Texas' same-sex marriage...
One of the main goals when it comes to property division in a divorce should be to come to a fair split of the property. One thing that can get in the way of a fair division is when one party in a divorce conceals assets. Sometimes, unscrupulous individuals will try...
Many divorced parents find themselves in the challenging situation of figuring out how best to work together to raise their children now that they are no longer a couple. One of the things that may help such parents when it comes to co-parenting is coming up with an...
A child support arrangement has recently been put into place regarding the 6-year-old child of actress Halle Berry and her ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry.Berry and Aubry had been in a dispute over the issue of child support. The two reached a settlement agreement which...
Childhood obesity has been a major area of concern here in the U.S. in recent times. One thing that it can be important to figure out when it comes to addressing any children's health problem is what children are particularly vulnerable to the problem. A recent study...
A recent story from Plano has given rise to a fair amount of outrage and raised some serious questions regarding societal views of domestic abuse.The story involves a bar in Plano. Purportedly, on the night of May 24, there was a chalkboard sign up at the bar that had...
