Grandparents in Texas, as well as throughout the nation, are increasingly raising issues in court concerning their rights to visit with their grandchildren.The troublesome issue with grandparents' rights is that the issues arise in cases where the parents have...
Month: November 2011
Wife forced to pay spousal support to abusive husband
People in the Dallas-area may be interested to learn about a spousal support case from California where the wife must pay spousal support to her abusive husband. The working mother endured abuse for years before she divorced him in 2007 and took him to court for...
Parents lose child custody of all three children because of their names
Two parents recently lost child custody of their children because of the children's names. The parents named two of their children "Adolf Hitler" and "Aryan Nation". The parents of the children say the child custody decision was made even though a state appellate...
Financial protection when ending a long marriage
During the process of divorce, a partner who was not in charge of the family finances can receive some unwelcome economic surprises. According to the Texas Vital Statistics Unit, the rate of divorce has increased from 3.3 per 1,000 residents in 2005 to 3.4 per 1,000...
The growing influence of weight on child custody cases
The role of obesity in child custody cases has grown as the American public has become more conscious of the health dangers associated with being overweight and obese.Practitioners of family law have seen the issue of a child's weight used against one parent in an...