Blog Posts in October, 2009
Posted on Oct 29, 2009 By Elias Lorenzana
Many times in family law cases, the question or issue arises as to the liability of a party to comply with terms of custody, visitation, and or child support. Civil contempt in Texas is the process by ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2009 By Elias Lorenzana
A common-law or informal marriage can be established by showing the parties (1) entered into an agreement to become husband and wife; (2) cohabitated as husband and wife; and (3) held each other out ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2009 By Elias Lorenzana
In international family law cases, parents frequently run into jurisdictional issues as to which court, i.e., Texas or an international court has jurisdiction to hear a custody case. Whether in a ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2009 By Elias Lorenzana
There are advantages and disadvantages in representing oneself pro se in a divorce proceeding or family law case such as a custody dispute. Some of the immediate advantages include the following: 1. ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2009 By Elias Lorenzana
In Texas pre-marital or pre-nuptial agreements are enforceable so long as it is in writing and is signed by both parties. The agreement is enforceable even though without consideration, unlike a deed ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2009 By Elias Lorenzana
In Texas, "Maintenance" means an award in a suit for dissolution of a marriage of periodic payments from the future income of one spouse for the support of the other spouse. Generally speaking, a ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2009 By Elias Lorenzana
A grandparent’s rights are generally subordinate to a parent’s. See Tex. Fam. Code § 153.433(2); see also Troxel, 530 U.S. at 64-65 (plurality opinion) (discussing how statutory rights extended to ...
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