Plano residents who are living with their partner, but are not currently married, may be wondering what happens to joint property in the event of a split. Splitting with a partner is often painful, regardless of whether the couple is married or not. However, as...
Year: 2013
Parents relinquish custody so ill children will receive care
Families challenged by children with mental illness may be interested in a trend occurring in Texas, Illinois and other states. Known as a psychiatric "lockout," it is the practice of parents who refuse to allow a child to return home or to make living provision for...
New focus on parental kidnapping overseas
Parents in Texas and across the nation may be getting help with foreign custody battles if a new bill passes. Between 2008 and 2013, the federal government reported that 7,000 American children were abducted by one of their parents and taken overseas. The parents that...
Texas parents arrested for not paying child support
Texas officials want residents of the state to know if they do not meet their financial obligations to their children, they could go to jail. That message was received loudly and clearly by more than 150 parents in five South Texas counties who recently were arrested...
Parents skip out on $14 billion in child support payments
Texas parents who aren't receiving child support payments from their ex-spouse may be interested to know they're not alone in this predicament. Nationally, non-custodial parents are behind $14 billion in child support payments, the U.S. Census Bureau said...
Carnegie Deli owner Marian Levine files for divorce
The female owner of Carnegie Deli, a well-known eatery in New York City, has recently filed for divorce from her husband. The couple has been married for 22 years. She has filed for divorce because of an affair that he carried on with a former Carnegie waitress for...
Texas father fights for custody of child in England
A Plano dad is dealing with an ongoing fight with his ex-fiancee in the country of England over the custody of his daughter, who is now 4 years old. He hasn't seen his daughter since she was a toddler.The father and his ex-fiancee met early in 2008 on a cruise. She...
When a spouse racks up debt on joint accounts
Texas residents who are divorced might want to double check and make sure that their names are no longer on any joint accounts with their exes. When couples get a divorce, they are usually advised to get rid of any joint accounts that they hold together and to get new...
Missing child in Texas returned to grandparents
Shortly after the Copperas Cove Police Department announced a suspected interference with a child custody case involving a missing child, the 2-year-old was returned to her grandparents. The toddler was taken from them by the biological mother on Oct. 23, but the...
Division of marital assets during a divorce
When someone goes through the break-up of a marriage in Texas, they transition out of one part of their life into a new season. Dealing with the division of financial assets and liabilities takes time to negotiate, but divorce can be a positive change once some of...