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Ex-Wife Not Required to Repay Ex-Husband for Mortgage Payments After Divorce

Sometimes, couples’ lives remain intertwined even after divorce.  If the parties continue to mingle finances, own property together, or keep or take out loans together after the divorce is final, the divorce may not finally resolve all of their issues. In a recent case, an ex-husband sued his ex-wife regarding…

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Texas Court Grants Mother’s Wishes to Relocate Out of State

For many Texas co-parents, relocating to another state is their “white whale:” relentlessly sought after, but seldom granted by the family courts. However, one Texas mother recently obtained the (nearly) unobtainable. This mother had spent years dealing with a co-parent, the father, who made even the simplest of child-rearing decisions…

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Continuing Texas Child Support While Child Pursues High School Diploma

A Texas court may order child support beyond a child’s 18th birthday if the child is still in high school, whether a public school, a private school, or course that provide joint high school and junior college credits.  The child must comply with the minimum attendance requirements in the Education…

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Appeals Court Reverses Finding of Business Partnership in Texas Divorce Case

Long term relationships that involve joint business dealings prior to marriage can lead to complicated divorces.  In a recent case, a wife challenged a trial court’s finding that she and her husband had formed a business partnership in 1995 and that properties purchased in her name belonged to the partnership.…

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Parent Seeking Child Support Modification in Texas Must Present Evidence of Historical Income and Resources

When a parent seeks to modify a Texas child support order on the basis of a material and substantial change in financial circumstances, they must prove that such a change occurred.  Doing so requires evidence of the parties’ current income and resources, but it also requires evidence of their income…

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Texas Appeals Court Allows Adult Daughter to Pursue Outstanding Child Support

If a parent fails to pay court-ordered child support in Texas, the obligee may pursue a number of cumulative remedies.  The obligee may seek a contempt of court order, a cumulative money judgment, a child support lien against certain property, a judicial writ of withholding, and an administrative writ of…

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