The length and time frame of Texas spousal support, which is often referred to as alimony, will depend upon the length of the marriage. Marriages that last 10 years allow one of the spouses to receive support for five years. Marriages lasting 10 to 20 years can...
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A parenting plan can help you succeed with co-parenting
As Texas parents get ready to share childrearing responsibilities after the end of their relationship, they will need to negotiate the details of child custody. One of the tools available to ensure the success of their journey going forward is a parenting plan. What...
A parenting schedule should take several factors into account
No one goes into a marriage or begins a family with divorce as the goal. However, sometimes things happen that leave a once-happy couple with no choice but to dissolve their marriage. Couples in Texas need to know how to make a co-parenting schedule that will benefit...
How courts decide primary custody
For most parents facing divorce, their primary concern is the wellbeing of their children. Now that more parents are sharing childcare duties and wanting to maximize their parenting time, understanding what factors go deciding who the primary caregiver is can be...
Is your prenuptial agreement even legally valid?
Before you got married you might have thought that a prenuptial agreement was the best way to protect your financial interests so that you and your spouse could focus on your relationship. However, as time has passed, your prenuptial agreement may not look as great....
Court denies custody to mother’s former fiancé
Changing family relationships have posed new complications for awarding custody. In a widely-watched case, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that a trial court cannot grant child custody to the deceased mother’s former fiancé over objections from the child’s biological...
Review of how spousal support works in Texas
Like many other states, Texas courts are allowed to award spousal support, which some may refer to as alimony, at the conclusion of a divorce. As the name suggests, spousal support involves one party being order to pay, either on a regular basis or as a lump sum,...
A mediated divorce may benefit both parents and children
Parents in San Antonio who are divorced are still linked together by a very important person: their child. Their joint responsibility to raise their child in a healthy and supportive matter does not change just because they have divorced. If they are hostile towards...
Can you move out of Texas with your child following divorce?
When you're going through a divorce, you automatically have to reassess your plans and goals. It's time to let go of the picture you had of your future while married and embrace a different one.For many people, that means relocating. Maybe you want to go back to your...
Texas custody battle puts gender identity into the spotlight
Two Texas parents in the throes of a divorce both still deeply love their child. The problem: One parent says that the child is a girl, and the other parent says the child is a boy. Now, the courts are involved and politics are in play.This issue surrounds the gender...
