by Jackson | Jun 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
If your thinking about divorce, you might talk to a lawyer first. We will call this divorce planning. Every case is different. Every case will have a different set of facts and circumstances. Standing around the coffee pot talking with your friends who have been...
by Jackson | Jun 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
I think it to be pretty obvious – you can’t be married to two people at the same time. So, our client marries a guy from New Zealand. After the marriage, she learns that he has a wife back home on the island. She came to us for an annulment. That’s...
by Jackson | Jun 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Stupid human tricks – you know, if you are licensed to carry a firearm then you can carry it openly and with you to all those public places. Walk down the middle of the street with your big bad boy 44 on you hip. If you are licensed, you are allowed to carry...
by Jackson | Mar 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
Motion for New Trial hearing this morning (3-8-2017). Crushed the other side – just crushed them. The Court awarded my client $3,500 in attorney’s fees for having to defend a frivolous Motion for New Trial. This is called a Rule 13 Motion – sanctions...
by Jackson | Mar 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
Throw this down . . . trying to save money in a divorce action, using the same lawyer, taking short cuts . . . not a good idea. So here is what happened, both parties used the same lawyer in an agreed divorce scenario, H was awarded the home with the promise to pay...
by Jackson | May 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Family attorneys often deal with causes of action that do not arise under the Family Code. For example, one spouse might sue the other spouse as part of a divorce for assault or breach of fiduciary duty. A new Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 91a applies to all cases,...
