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A recent Wall Street Journal article caught our eye. It discussed one of the biggest issues for couples who are getting divorced — what should be done with the house jointly owned by both parties. Common sense would dictate a couple take one of two approaches — either...
When celebrities divorce, many of us tend to read with an eye toward wanting to know why. After all, though we don’t know celebrities personally — or, at least, most of us don’t — we feel that we know what they’re like and know enough about their lives to wonder...
We’re coming up on spring break, which if you’re going by the letter of the law in the Texas Family Code, is an all-or-nothing prospect for divorced parents. According to Section 153 of the Texas Family Code, which sets guidelines for the Standard Possession Order,...
It was definitely an eye-catching headline to be seeing the day after Valentine’s Day. In a Carolyn Hax advice column in the Washington Post, the stark question was simply “Do I have to explain my divorce?” But curiously, instead of Hax handling the question, she...
It’s a bit of bad news for divorced parents … and really, all parents and all other people! It comes courtesy of NPR, letting us know that tax refunds will likely be smaller this year than they were last year, and there’s a change in what was known as the enhanced...
We confess to checking in on celebrity divorce news from time to time — in part because there can be some unexpected (and unexpectedly good) lessons coming from those stories. And we found a very surprising one in the pages of People, good to keep in mind for anyone...
We’re coming up on the end of another year, which means that we’re getting into tax season and talk about doing taxes. Some people prefer to put their taxes off until the annual April 15 deadline. Some even file extensions and kick the can down the road a little...
There’s going to be a party at the White House today. Thousands have been invited to the White House lawn to watch President Biden sign the Respect for Marriage Act into law. Passed by Congress last week, Biden characterized the legislation as “a critical step to...
We’ve talked a lot about holiday scheduling for divorcing and divorced parents over the years, and with good reason. If you follow standard orders under the Texas Family Code, you know that you’ll get your kids for half the Thanksgivings and half the Christmas Eves...
This article comes courtesy of Trinh Warner, the newest of-counsel attorney at the Law Office of Lisa A. Vance. Lisa has high praise for her, pointing to her career as a JAG as well as a family lawyer, and noting in her own inimitable fashion, “She’s as smart as a...