A little-known immigration law has moved front-and-center following a Texas divorce case that could end up seeing a US citizen supporting his Mexico-born wife at 125 percent of the poverty level. Steve Summers married Evangelina Zapata and signed an affidavit vowing to support her so that she would not become…
The Texas divorce rate recently crept back into the news after a Huffington Post piece ran, showing how various states throughout the US stacked up against one another when it came to being “divorce-friendly.” Where was the Lone Star State in the mix? With a divorce rate of 11 per…
The Texas Supreme Court has agreed to take up a consolidated hearing (“In the Matter of the Marriage of J.B. and H.B.”) for the matter of granting (or not granting) divorce papers to two same-sex couples. The hearing will be held on November 5, and it’s got a lot of…
No doubt about it. The Texas divorce rate has been in a free fall since 1990, and while on the surface, that appears to be good news, there is a correlation that may make you rethink your initial reaction. Looking at the last official collection of numbers over a 19-year…
Alimony, or spousal support, is a common ruling in divorce cases where one spouse has considerably more earning power than another. The laws governing this outcome differ from state to state, and today, we’ll be looking at how it’s handled in a Texas divorce. Most rules of alimony in Texas…