Finalizing a Dallas County Divorce
You’ve got your Divorce Decree ready and both you and your spouse have signed it. So when and where do you go to get this divorce over with? Here are some helpful tips and tricks for finalizing your Dallas County Divorce: The Prove-Up Schedule – Know When to Go. These are the days of the [...]
Dallas Divorce: Standing Orders
For every Dallas Divorce case that is filed in Dallas County, a specific set of orders attaches to each party just as soon as the case is filed. These orders act as a sort of temporary restraining order – in other words, they give the parties to a case some “ground rules” for how to [...]
Dallas Family Law Section Bench Bar Conference 2011
I’ll be keeping this post short today because it has been a long day in court. Today, myself and Cynthia Palmer, another Attorney at The Wright Firm ,will be attending the Dallas Family Law Section’s Bench Bar Conference 2011. As Texas Board Certified Family Law Attorneys, it is important for both of us to [...]
The Use of Special Warranty Deeds and Deeds of Trust to Secure Assumption in Texas
When parties to a divorce own real property, typically the “marital residence”, one of the parties is usually awarded the property and any debt associated with the property. Many final divorce decrees will award one spouse the residence and make that spouse responsible for the note, or mortgage, on the residence. The problem that often [...]
Can I Change My Name in A Dallas Divorce?
The act of changing your married name in a Dallas Divorce is a rather simple one. Texas Courts have allowed a party usually a wife to return to her maiden name. The statute is not restricted to women desiring to return to their maiden names but is restricted to a name “previously used”. The court [...]
Dallas Family Court Room Decorum
I started thinking about this topic today because a client asked me what they should wear to court. Many clients may be shocked to learn that the Dallas County Family Court Local Rules addresses the issue of appropriate court room decorum. Actually, the Dallas local rules place the burden on all attorneys to be responsible [...]
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