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The all-too-familiar arrangement in which couples live separately while they are ‘informally divorced’ individuals has disastrous financial consequences. Typically, the separated couples are awaiting the formal, legal, and court-sanctioned divorce. As experienced divorce and family law attorneys, we at the Jackson Law Firm, feel obliged to advise our clients that separating without the divorce formality […]
When couples head towards divorce, they wonder about how alimony might apply to their case. Alimony is also called spousal support. The purpose of alimony is to ease the sudden economic changes that come to a party because of divorce. It’s also to help divorced individuals who might otherwise need public support. Whether you pay […]
Joint custody can mean sharing hands-on parenting time with the child roughly equally between parents. It can also mean sharing the authority to make major decisions about the child. In family law, parents can share time, decision-making authority or both. No two custody cases are alike. This means there’s no one specific way that joint custody works. […]
Marital status only accounts for a fraction of a court’s regard for a person’s parental rights and responsibilities. Even if you are single, you may have just as many rights to your children as if you were married to their other parent. Discover your legal rights as an unmarried parent so that you can best […]
Unmarried parents in Texas typically have numerous legal rights to their children. Contact the Jackson Law Firm to discover to what rights you are entitled to as an unmarried parent in Texas today. For more information click here
Despite your own honorable intentions at the altar, you may find yourself the victim of a less than noble spouse. When until death do you part is no longer a possibility for your union, you should find out under what circumstances you could be granted an annulment in Texas. Legal Reasons for an Annulment The […]
A parent files for child custody by either filing for divorce or filing a paternity action in court. A divorce action creates a custody order and parenting time schedule as part of the divorce proceedings. A paternity action establishes a second legal parent along with custody and a parenting time schedule. In both cases, a […]
Divorce cases represent some of the most challenging legal proceedings, according to the Divorce Guide for Clients from the American Bar Association. In addition, post-divorce issues can end up being as complicated, legally and emotionally, as original marriage dissolution proceedings. You likely have numerous concerns and questions as you face a post-divorce matter. This may include wondering […]
In Texas, a couple may be granted divorce by a fault or no-fault requirement. If you are in a situation where you feel that you need a divorce, it is important to know what you will be getting into. You may also be in a situation where your partner is the one seeking to divorce. […]
