Mar 7, 2017 | Recent News
The Texas legislature is taking up what should be a significant rewrite of the family code this issue. The main driver of this will be the now constitutionality of same sex marriage. For example is this bill, which shows the many ways this will affect the common law...
Feb 20, 2017 | Recent News
Alaska is breaking new ground as the first state to authorize a court to render a custody order for pets. This is link to the statute: http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/29/Bills/HB0147A.PDF An Alaskan Court may now in a divorce action make orders as to, “if an...
Aug 4, 2016 | Recent News
In 2015 the US Supreme Court in Obergerfell v. Hodges held that same sex couples may exercise the right to marry in all states. As to Texas marital law there are several unanswered questions that the Courts and Legislature will need to resolve. When will the Courts...
Apr 25, 2014 | Recent News
An appellate court has confirmed that the Attorney General does not have to tell the other parent where their child or the other parent lives. The fact situation was a father was sued by the AG to establish his paternity. The father sent discovery asking the AG to...
Mar 24, 2014 | Recent News
De Leon v. Perry, ___ F.Supp. 2d___ 2014 WL 715741, SA-13-CA-00982-OLG (W.D. Tex. 2014) (injunction) (02-26-14) Opinion: Applying the US Supreme Court’s recent decision in United States v. Windsor, 133 S.Ct. 2675 (2013), Hon. Orlando L. Garcia ruled that Texas’s...
Dec 20, 2013 | Recent News
An interesting case out of the San Antonio Court of Appeals; a couple entered into an informal marriage and at the time the Husband owned a separate property ranch. After the Wife discovered her Husband was having an affair with her sister, the Husband and Wife signed...
