Most parents have dreams of sending their children off into the world, either to college or the workforce, and reveling in that empty nest with all the free time they could possibly want. But many Texas residents with children find themselves dusting off their early...
Child custody cases in which two parents disagree on where to raise their children are quite common in Texas, but when these disputes involve parents who live extreme distances apart, the non-custodial parent is often left feeling desperate and out of control. And...
A lot can change over 20 years, including trends in marriage. If you had asked the average bride- or groom-to-be two decades to sign a prenuptial agreement, you might have gotten a resounding, insulted "no." Perhaps people are getting more jaded or simply more...
Most people would easily acknowledge that a woman who gives birth to a baby is that infant's mother. But a child custody case in Texas is calling that seemingly simple fact into question. Is a mother still a mother if she's genetically unrelated to the child to whom...
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to keep in mind the untold number of people in Texas and across the nation who suffer from abuse at the hands of a partner or family member. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one...
Last week we discussed the child support case of Deion Sanders, who is protesting a Texas court's decision to award more than $10,000 per month to the mother of his four children. The former pro football and baseball player, who now works as an NFL Network analyst, is...
In a previous post, we discussed the ongoing divorce issues that have arisen during the divorce between Deion Sanders and his ex-wife. That post coincided with a child support award that a Texas court ordered back in May. According to the terms of the child support...
When couples are faced with domestic violence, many times the most appropriate response is to consider divorce. This is because some forms of domestic violence, if not all, can be so destructive as to leave one or both parties with no way to reestablish the marriage...
Texas TV viewers may remember the 80's sitcom "The Facts of Life." One star of that show, Lisa Whelchel, who played the wealthy Blair Warner, can now be seen on the hit TV show "Survivor: Philippines."Why would the actress want to put herself through the agony of...
Miguel was an infant when he was allegedly kidnapped by his babysitter. This past March authorities found him in East Texas and eight years after his disappearance, he was reunited with his biological parents in Houston. For now, Miguel is in foster care. His parents...