Oct 10, 2013 | Recent News
Interesting story about a case in Dallas. In short, a man was wrongfully convicted in a series of sex assaults and spent 24 years in prison before being released after DNA testing. He has received $2 million from the State of Texas plus $11,000 per month. At the time...
Jul 1, 2013 | Recent News
The statutory cap for child support will be increasing on September 1, 2013 from $7,500 to $8,550. The cap works as follows. The court applies the percentage guideline to the first $7,500, soon the first $8,550, of a payor’s net income. The percentage applied is...
Jul 1, 2013 | Recent News
It is not uncommon for family law and criminal law to overlap. In perhaps the most bizarre incident I can recall seeing, a Texarkana woman is alleged to have sent Ricin laced letters to President Obama in an attempt to frame her estranged husband. The husband has...
Jul 1, 2013 | Recent News
Japan has agreed to join the Hague Convention, an international treaty intended to prevent international child abduction. The US and Japan have had ongoing disputes over the last decade involving several well published cases of Japanese citizens abducting their...
