North Texas Divorce & Family Law
"Current news and updates on recent developments in Texas family law."
Author: Jimmy Verner practices at Verner & Brumley in Dallas.
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Recent Posts from North Texas Divorce & Family Law
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Video Visitation and Other Electronica
The Texas legislature has gone high-tech, at least in the variety of ways Texas law now permits a conservator to keep in touch with his or her children. In new Texas Family Code section 153.015…
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Court Settles Appellate Split in Termination Cases
When parents relinquish their parental rights for purposes of adoption, or the State convinces a court to take away those parental rights in cases of abuse, the parents' rights are said to be "terminated." These…
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Appellate Review Without Reporter's Record
In a case called In re: A.S., a divided Beaumont Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court's termination of parental rights without a reporter's record. The majority said that it could tell that the appeal…
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There Must Be Sufficient Evidence to Support Divorce
When spouses agree to a divorce, a divorce decree is prepared, and the divorce is "proved up." Technically, a prove-up is a trial. One or both of the spouses testifies about the grounds for divorce,…
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Russian Brides: Abusers Need Not Apply
On January 5, 2006, President Bush signed the International Marriage Broker Act of 2005 ("IMBRA"), found at Title VIII, Subtitle D of Public Law No. 109-162 which itself reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act. IMBRA…
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Who Gets the Children When the Custodial Parent Dies?
The courts have made it clear that parents have a fundamental right to custody of their children. For this reason, grandparents sometimes are denied visitation with their grandchildren when their child - the children's mother…
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A Close Reading of the Extended Possession Statute
Texas' Standard Possession Order sets out when the noncustodial parent has visitation with ("possession of") the children. By default, the noncustodial parent has visitation with the children on Thursday evenings during the school term between…
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Post-Mortem Child Support
For a long time, Texas law said that unpaid child support terminated on the death of the noncustodial parent. This year's Texas legislature dramatically changed this law by establishing a system for post-mortem child support.…
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Collaborative Law Basic Training
Last training for 2007: Collaborative Law: Two Day Basic Training by Janet P. Brumley About the Program: This two day basic training will cover interest based negotiation, a comparison and contrast of collaborative practice with…
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There Must Be a QDRO to Divide Retirement
A federal statute called the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) governs most retirement plans. To divide a retirement plan upon divorce, a court must sign a domestic relations order. Once the Plan Administrator of…