The Texas Family Code provides that children 12 and over can communicate directly to a judge relating to his/her preference on where they want to live. However, the judge ultimately decides whether it is in the child’s best interest to change the primary residence of the child based on his/her preference. A number of factors…
How to Establish Paternity Texas law now refers to paternity as parentage. When a child is born to an unmarried woman, typically either the mother or father of the child has to file a paternity/parentage action in order to establish that the father of the child is indeed the actual biological father. Oftentimes a mother…
You’ve heard about Premarital Agreements (sometimes called a Prenuptial Agreement or Pre-Nup), but when should someone thinking about marriage consider preparing, and entering into, such an agreement? Here are some of the top reasons to consider a Premarital Agreement: 1) There is a significant age difference between the two parties 2) One party has an…
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