Can anyone argue that a divorce can be more ruinous to your finances than just about any other financial catastrophe?
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December 2009
Money Ruined Our Marriage
The five money issues that can cause marital strife and some ideas on what to do about them:…
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I didn’t know he was already married when we got hitched. What do I do?
I was recently informed about a situation where a woman married a man who happened to already be married. The blushing bride had no idea about her husband’s prior (and still existing) marriage to the other woman, and understandably was quite embarrassed by her situation. Perhaps more importantly, however, the woman wanted to know what her legal rights were under these strange facts.
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Custody Battle: Dad’s Story
But now, dads are fighting back, demanding custody where custody’s due. Their motivation is simple: “I wanted to have kids. I wanted to have the family,” says Oshman, who ended up getting joint custody of his three girls. To him, divorce “didn’t mean I should have to give up my family.”…
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A Divorce Lawyer’s Take on Tiger’s Texting Troubles
While it doesn’t make the late night talk shows or celebrity gossip sites, texting frequently leads to big trouble for people who are not Tiger Woods. A text message with a paramour can reveal an extramarital affair to the unsuspecting spouse who accidently comes across it, or confirm the suspicions of a suspecting spouse who looks through their cheating spouse’s phone. After a divorce is filed, text messages provide powerful and often embarrassing evidence of infidelity by the cheating spouse during the marriage.
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Am I still entitled to my ex’s social security benefits after our divorce?
I recently came across an excellent article on the Wall Street Journal’s website entitled, How Divorce Affects Your Social Security (Or Not). As a Dallas divorce lawyer, I am frequently asked about post-divorce entitlement to social security benefits. From the outset, it should be noted that unlike most other areas of martial property law, benefits arising from the Social Security Act are preempted by Federal Law from being characterized as community property. Because of this preemption, we have to look to federal law to determine what affect divorce plays on social security benefits.
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How To Make It Through The Holidays After Divorce
Are you dreading Christmas? Will it be your first special holiday since your separation or divorce? Are you depressed about not having your children for that special day this year? Whatever the holiday, you are not alone. Here are some survival tips to make it through:…
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Affirmed: Geographical Restriction on Sole Managing Conservator’s Right to Designate Primary Residence
The Amarillo Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion, styled In re A.S., upholding the trial court’s imposition of a geographical restriction on the child’s primary residence in a case where the mother was appointed sole managing conservator.
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Dallas Divorce Lawyer Quoted by Dallas Voice Newspaper
Today, The Dallas Voice ran an article about the M.K.S. appeal that we won this week. It is a well-written update about the case and the backstory.
A lesbian custody battle could be headed back to Dallas County Judge Tena Callahan’s courtroom after a three-judge panel of the 5th District Court of Appeals, in a
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Green Light for Suit for Access to Child by Lesbian Nonparent
The Dallas Court of Appeals has given the green light to a nonparent woman to seek access to the child with whom she had a substantial relationship. In In re M.K.S., the Dallas Court of Appeals held that the nonparent woman had established sufficient evidence of a pattern of conduct over a significant amount of time that the child would be involved with the nonparent woman, thus giving her the right under Texas Law to seek access…
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