Here’s an interesting article that appeared on bloomberg.com today about some other States’ laws which allow for lifetime alimony obligations in amounts far beyond what the obligee can pay:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-26/jail-becomes-home-for-husband-stuck-with-lifetime-alimony.html
Good to hear that there’s some movement in those
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Ummmm…..okay?
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Judge Orders that Lesbians Cannot Live Together
By Lafleures
Okay, this one’s family law-related (and makes two posts in one night after none for almost a year!).
A couple months ago, a man filed a motion to enforce part of his divorce decree against his ex-wife. The portion of…
Judge Secretly Helping Prosecutors from the Bench
By Lafleures
Okay, this is not really family law-related, but two district judges in east Texas are under investigation for a scheme where one of the judges would send text messages, from the bench, during trial, to help the prosecution with its…
I missed this story when it originally came out….
By Lafleures
but, apparently, Denison, in Grayson County, has the highest divorce rate in the country, among cities of 20,000 or more population.
http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/116365109.html
Early in my career, I worked as a prosecutor in the Grayson County District Attorney’s Office, and I…
Interesting issue before the Texas Supreme Court
By Lafleures
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By Lafleures
Not surprisingly, clients in custody cases usually tell us they want “primary custody” of their children. You’ll often hear lawyers use the same phrase – “primary custody”. So, it might surprise you to learn that you could read the Texas…