Common Law Marriage is Like a Tattoo
Common law marriage is like a tattoo: easy to get, impossible to get off. Okay, maybe not impossible but you get the point. There are only three requirements to having a common law marriage in Texas. You must live together, you must have an agreement to be married and you must “hold out” as husband […]
Being Served With Citation
Being served generally means a constable or a private process server has handed you a petition and a document titled “Citation”. This service is our system’s due process for notifying a party that a suit has been filed against him or her. There are situations where a court will allow you to be served by […]
5 Factors Affecting the “Just and Right” Distribution
A court’s guiding principle in dividing community property in a divorce is based upon the “just and right” standard. Although each spouse has an equal interest in community property, the division won’t necessarily be fifty-fifty. Here is a list of 5 factors that can affect the court’s award of community property. 1. Who has the […]