Do It Yourself (DIY) legal services (particularly divorce) has grown with the growth of the internet. The internet has triggered a sea change in the supply chain of many industries. Amazon changed the book and publishing business, as Borders found out. Apple changed...
Divorce
Dividing Assets in a Divorce
In many of our divorce cases, the most challenging issue of couples with children is, indeed, the children. Specifically, who gets custody or is it shared, and, if so, how? For noncustodial parents, the issues of visitation and child support can be contentious....
Parental Alienation In Divorce – Is Your Child A Victim?
According to psychiatrist, Dr. Edward Kruk, parental alienation in divorce involves the "programming" of a child by one parent to denigrate the other "targeted" parent, in an effort to undermine and interfere with the child's relationship with that parent, and is...
Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Divorce in Texas
Divorce has been declining over the past few years while "do-it-yourself" (DIY) divorce has increased. The financial crisis starting in 2008 created many victims. Higher unemployment, lost or reduced income and home foreclosures increased the stress on many families...
Technology Eases Divorce in Texas
In my more than 15 years of helping Texas couples divorce as quickly, inexpensively and amicably as possible, the most challenging tend to be those with children. Through the 70s and 80s, mothers usually won custody with the father receiving visitation rights.In the...
Health Insurance and Divorce in Texas
In November, 2012, the Supreme Court of Texas made it easier to obtain a divorce without a lawyer, particularly in cases where no children are involved and the divorce is uncontested. Divorce is always difficult, even uncontested, but it can be especially difficult on...
Texas divorce: Unpaid child support reaching $11 billion
One of the side effects of the Great Recession is that more and more people are struggling just to get by month to month. Many of those who are struggling are either paying or relying on child support. The assumption is that when a Texas couple gets a divorce, one...
Effects of Divorce on Health
The following article speaks to issues I have observed with numerous clients. Stress and anxiety have been identified by health professionals as significant catalysts for, or contributors to, physical and mental illnesses. On the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale, divorce...