Many issues will be up for dispute during a Texas divorce. Some are more contentious than others. Those involving children can be the most challenging. People tend to focus on their goals in the case, and when child custody is a concern, it is easy to forget that the...
When Angela Graham-West, the wife of Texas GOP gubernatorial candidate Allen West, was arrested in August for DWI, Allen West doubted that she had been drinking. According to Dallas police, Graham-West was pulled over after an officer observed her swerving onto the...
When child custody disputes in Texas and around the country are settled in court, judges make their decisions based on the best interests of the child doctrine. When determining what is in the best interests of the child is difficult because the parents involved are...
Anyone in Texas and across the United States who has watched a television or film drama about drugs will have a basic knowledge of drug sniffing dogs. These trained animals are used by local and federal law enforcement to try and catch people who are carrying illegal...
Parents in the Dallas-Fort Worth area may wonder what would happen if their child was placed on probation in Denton County. Young offenders between 10 and 17 years of age are placed on probation when they have committed minor offenses and prosecutors decide not to...
Texas takes impaired driving seriously. People who drive while intoxicated are at a serious risk of injuring themselves or others when they get behind the wheel. That's true whether they're driving a car or piloting a boat. When people refuse field sobriety tests in...
Couples must consider their financial futures when they end their marriage. There are five important things to know about the division of property in a Texas divorce. Community property Texas is a community property state where all property held by each spouse when...
Texas residents store a great deal of personal and confidential information on their computers, cellphones and other electronic devices, and the Fourth Amendment protects this data from unreasonable government searches and seizures. This means that police officers...
The Fourth Amendment gives people the right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures, and courts in Texas and around the country take this protection seriously. However, there are a few situations where the Fourth Amendment does not apply and police...
"Pretext" is a term that comes up when addressing the legality of traffic stops. In Texas, the police might have a pretext to stop a vehicle for a seemingly minor violation. After pulling a car over, the routine traffic stop may escalate. A driver may wonder about...
