Many American families dream of adding children to their family life. Not everyone is able to have children naturally, and some goodnatured families are just looking to bring in children that need a better start to life. An American family can adopt a foreign child, but it’s a unique process for everyone involved. When you’re…
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It’s very easy for people to criticize parents who don’t pay their child support. They call them terrible names and say they should lose their right to see their kids. What they don’t understand is that, for some people, paying child support is a real hardship. Many people can’t afford child support. For most parents,…
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It sounds like a terrible thing, but there are times when an adoption in Houston, Texas needs to be reversed. Sometimes it’s because the birth parents changed their mind or challenge the legality of the adoption. Or, the adoptive parents decide that adopting the child may have been a mistake. It’s very rare, but it…
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When your loved one passes away, you need to go through a process called probate. This is when you have to gather all of your loved one’s assets and put them into something called an estate. Once this is done, any creditors of the estate can file a claim demanding payment of any outstanding debts.…
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Usually, when a couple decides to get divorced, it’s a decision they arrived at together. But that’s not always the case. There are times when one spouse wants a divorce and the other wants to work it out. This can make the divorce process drawn out and expensive. When one spouse wants to fight the…
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All custody decisions made by the Courts have to do with the best interests of your children. If a court believes you’re using illegal drugs (or abusing legal ones), it can affect your custody and visitation. If your ex suspects you’re using drugs, they can file a motion to have you drug tested. The court…
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Some people think alimony lasts forever in Texas. To listen to a lot of disgruntled ex-spouses, you’d think this was true. However, even though people complain that they’ve been paying alimony forever, it’s rarely, if ever, the case. There are some states that have permanent alimony. Texas isn’t one of them. While they do allow…
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If you’re going through a divorce, you know it can get ugly very fast. When it comes to things like child support, alimony and custody, it’s almost as if you need a referee. That’s why you need a Houston child custody attorney. They can be the one to mediate these types of decisions. When you’re…
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If you’ve ever seen the movie, Kramer v Kramer, you may be under the impression that the courts will ask children which parent they’d rather live with. In real life, this doesn’t happen all that often. Judges never want to put kids in a position where they have to choose one parent over the other.…
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There are only nine (9) community property states in the United States. In a community property state, you and your spouse share all assets and debts equally. This means, if you end up getting divorced, you’ll split these debts and assets equally. In a community property state, it doesn’t matter who purchased the property. Nor…
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