We all know that the illness or incapacity of a spouse can place a strain on a marriage. Now, a new university study has found that older couples have an increased likelihood of divorce if the wife becomes seriously ill.Researchers at the University of Michigan...
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Texas woman charged with kidnapping 8-year-old daughter
A 27-year-old mother has been arrested for taking her 8-year-old daughter out of her school in Jefferson City, Missouri, without notifying the school or the girl's father, with whom the girl lives. The child's 19-year-old aunt was also arrested. The two women were...
Divorcing Texas business partners can face difficult problems
Divorce can be a complicated process. However, when the spouses who are calling it quits are in business together, the number of difficult problems and the people impacted by the break-up are multiplied. According to the most recent U.S. Census, some 3.7 million...
Can excessive Twitter use lead to divorce?
Can Twitter use be detrimental to your marriage? According to a study by a journal called Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, it can. The author of the study, a University of Missouri doctoral student, surveyed almost 600 Twitter users about their use of...
Texas county arrests 16 people for failing to pay child support
Child support is a legal obligation for those ordered to pay it. When people don't make child support payments in full and on time, children and those caring for them can suffer greatly. Thanks to one sheriff's office and the state attorney general, 16 people recently...
What do you do when a pet becomes a bargaining chip in a divorce?
Some people may scoff at the idea of divorcing couples having custody battles over pets. However, many Texans cherish their four-legged family members and can't imagine not having them in their lives. We can fully understand how couples who go their separate ways may...
Texas couple’s divorce in limbo amid same-sex marriage battle
Texas has a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. However, not everyone in our state is of the same mind regarding the issue. It continues to be the subject of strong legal and political debate -- even when it comes to couples who were married in parts...
Oil billionaire’s divorce being watched by shareholders
Texas has had its fair share of oil barons over the years, but so have our neighbors in Oklahoma. In that state, oil billionaire, Harold Hamm, is going through a divorce that has had shareholders at the company he founded, Continental Resources, concerned about their...
Divorce as Painless as Possible: Austin Lawyer Offers Better Way
The decision to end a marriage is hard, but the process doesn't have to be difficult and expensive. Based on years of experience in the family law arena, has created a new option: The Divorce Resort process, which incorporates mediation in...
Texas banker’s battle over child support, custody gets ugly
In many cases, a divorce does not mark the end of legal disputes between couples. That is especially true when there are child support and custody issues. Now the founder of Texas's Green Bank and his ex-wife are involved in a particularly nasty and public battle over...