What Will Be Considered During Your Bail Hearing?
After an arrest, there will be many important things that follow that should be handled with great care as they can have significant impacts on your rights. One of those important things will be the bail hearing. At the bail hearing, a judge will decide whether you should be released on bail and,...
How Are Child Care Expenses Divided After Divorce?
There are many moving parts in a divorce. If there are children involved, there are even more things to consider. Do not let everything distract you from putting plans in place to protect your future wellbeing, particularly your future financial wellbeing and ability to provide for your children. Many people may...
What Rights Does a Felon Lose in Texas?
Felonies are the most serious level of criminal offenses here in Texas. Misdemeanors, on the other hand, are considered to be lesser offenses and punishment tends to reflect his in terms of severity. Those facing felony convictions stand to do time in state prison or jail as well as incurring hefty fines. A...
Tax Consequences of Divorce
Going through a divorce can be difficult enough in and of itself. To know that you also need to be looking ahead to post-divorce life in order to best protect yourself and your well-being as you start off on a new chapter in your life can be overwhelming. One of the considerations you should...
What Is Hearsay?
Have you heard of hearsay? Many have as it is an objection commonly proclaimed and featured in legal dramas in films and novels alike. While you may have heard it asserted with conviction on your favorite TV show, what exactly does it mean? Hearsay refers to a prominent rule of evidence and can be...
What Is an Open Adoption?
Adoption has greatly evolved over the years. In the past, closed adoptions were pretty much the norm. A birth parent would place a child up for adoption and ties would, essentially, be severed. Through the years, this has left adoptees with many questions that will often go unanswered. Especially troubling can be the...
The Criminal Appeals Process
Did you know that everyone convicted of a crime in a Texas court is entitled to appeal? The clock on this right, however, begins to tick right away and a person wishing to appeal a conviction only has 30 days from the date of conviction to file the notice of appeal. Should this notice...
How Bankruptcy Affects Alimony Payments in Texas Divorce Cases
Bankruptcy usually does not eliminate or discharge alimony in Texas. Federal bankruptcy law treats spousal support as a domestic support obligation, which means the debt generally survives bankruptcy and must still be paid. A bankruptcy filing can still affect the timing of divorce proceedings, the handling of marital property, and whether a...
Can a DWI Be Reduced to a Lesser Charge?
Can I Oppose Divorce?
Way back when, a divorce in Texas would only be granted for certain, specified reasons. To seek a divorce, a spouse had to both allege and prove one such specific reason to get a divorce. Should he or she be unsuccessful in proving the alleged reason for seeking a divorce, then the divorce...