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Be My Ex Valentine

Be My Ex-Valentine

It’s Valentine’s Day this Sunday. Have you finished your shopping and dinner plans yet? Maybe you scheduled some spa services as a gift? Did you get a sitter for the kids? Who’s g…

Social Security Questions and Answers Regarding Divorced Spouse Benefits

Social Security – Questions and Answers Regarding Divorced Spouse Benefits

Original article provided courtesy of Bill Stewart of Stewart & Hurst: Stewart & Hurst 7887 San Felipe Suite 122 Houston, Texas 77063 Phone: 713.974.2928 Question 1: How…

How To Make Divorce Easy As Possible

How to Make the Divorce Process as Easy as Possible

Divorce isn’t easy. Typically, it’s a long, emotional and drawn out time in your life that you never imagined would be a part of your story. While we all agree that getting a divo…

Personality Disorders and Divorce

Personality Disorders in Divorce

Recently I read an article entitled “Personality Disorders in Divorce” by Jim Dolan. That got your attention, didn’t it? I can hear a lot of you saying, “I know my ex has one of t…

Marriage and Divorce In Texas

Marriage and Divorce in Texas

An overview of how marriage and divorce works in Texas, taken from the Houston Bar Assocation Family Law Handbook. Marriage and Divorce Does Texas have an age requirement for mar…

The Marital Home

The Marital Home

In most divorce cases, the marital home is the largest jointly owned asset and is subject to division per the Texas community property laws. Unlike other community property state…

Til Death Do Us Part?

Till Death Do Us Part? by Judith Bryant

There are many common myths concerning divorce in the state of Texas, which include: If I get the kids 50 percent of the time, I won’t have to pay child support. Texas has a no-f…

Standard Mutual Injunctions Can Make Your Gun Owning Client A Federal Criminal

Standard Mutual Injunctions Can Make Your Gun Owning Client a Federal Criminal!

Standard injunctions routinely imposed in family cases in Texas can cause our clients to violate ‘The Brady Bill’, 18 U.S.CA § 922(g). The mutual injunctions routinely used in di…

Who Gets Fido?

Who Gets Fido?

Even under the best of circumstances divvying up your assets and deciding who gets what in the divorce settlement can be difficult. But what about your beloved pet? To you, Fido…

Spring Texas Divorce Lawyers

Spring Texas Divorce Lawyers

Looking for Spring Texas Divorce Lawyers? Marivonne Essex and the Essex Law Firm are your go to source for all family law issues including divorce, child custody and child support…

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