Today is the Day of Civility in Texas.
What does that mean exactly? Well, once a year, the legal community in Texas takes an entire day to focus on and improve the conduct of lawyers and to celebrate the importance of civility in our legal system. This day—known as the Day of Civility—was created to
Once a party establishes the elements of a common law marriage, spouses are married until they are legally divorced under Texas law.
Continue Reading No such thing as common law divorce in Texas
A point of confusion for many in the family law context is the viability of a rule 11 agreement to settle an issue or a whole case.
Continue Reading Rule 11 agreements are revocable before judgment is rendered
With the aging of the Baby Boomer generation and the increase in “gray divorces” that we are seeing in the Dallas, Texas area, I am more frequently being asked about the effect of social security benefits in divorces.
Continue Reading Social Security as a Division Factor in Divorce
Dictionaries generally define “bank” as a financial establishment for the deposit, loan, exchange, or issue of money and for the transmission of funds. In contrast, “broker” is defined as an agent who acts as an intermediary or negotiator, especially between prospective buyers and sellers; a person employed to make bargains and contracts between other persons in matters of trade, commerce, or navigation. According to the Houston Court, these definitions illustrate that banks and brokers are distinguishable, particularly with respect to the scope of their respective services; banks tend to offer a broader spectrum of financial services than brokerage firms.
Continue Reading Bank accounts and brokerage accounts are not the same in a premarital agreement
Oftentimes, people going through a custody dispute want to have psychological evaluations to show the judge “who is lying” to the court about some issue or another. Conversely, some people going through psychological evaluations in a custody case become concerned that the other person will “lie” to the evaluator through charm or outright deception and sway the results of the evaluation.
Continue Reading Can a psychological evaluation in a custody case determine who is lying?
What happens if, after the divorce is final, a party discovers that the other party failed to disclose certain assets in the divorce proceedings?
Continue Reading Undisclosed assets after divorce
What happens when a spouse contributes or loans separate property to the community estate during marriage, then seeks reimbursement of those contributions/loans at divorce?
Continue Reading Reimbursement for using inheritance on community obligations
Here at O’Neil & Attorneys (Dallas Texas Family Lawyers), we try to keep our blog readers as well as those from Facebook and Twitter abreast of new laws that are going on. Did you know some BIG new rules snuck up on us effective January 1st? The Texas Supreme Court released new amendments to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure effective January 1st . These rules will greatly impact civil and family lawyers alike.
Continue Reading New Rules Sneak Up on Lawyers
This is the second in my line of posts responding to the questions posed by Carla Schiff Donnelly in her article about hiring the right divorce lawyer. There, she poses several questions that a person should ask a divorce lawyer in the initial interview. Here is my answer to question #2
Continue Reading Why should I hire you as my Dallas divorce attorney? Part 2
