A couple of months back, we wrote about the ongoing child custody dispute that was occurring in Texas. The case involved a surrogate mother whose right to child custody of a pair of twins was challenged by the sperm donor.The sperm donor claimed that the woman was not...
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The high cost of domestic violence
On Behalf of Laura Dale & Associates, P.C. | Nov 19, 2012 | Domestic Violence
The Texas Council of Family Violence blames the domestic violence problem in part on the tendency of Texans to excuse the violence for other reasons. Individuals in our state sometimes blame the victim or other circumstances for why the domestic violence occurs, and...
Many foster children still awaiting adoption in Texas
On Behalf of Laura Dale & Associates, P.C. | Nov 15, 2012 | Adoption
National Adoption Day is set for November 17th. As part of the festivities, there are plans to finalize 20 adoption procedures taking place for West Texas families.There are approximately 6,400 children in the Texas foster care system, and most of these children have...
Divorce during retirement years
On Behalf of Laura Dale & Associates, P.C. | Nov 12, 2012 | Divorce
Texas residents can expect to see an increase in elderly divorces over the coming years. There has been as much as a 50 percent rise in the divorce rate for elderly individuals during the past two decades.While the divorce rate for other age categories has remained...
Texas arresting individuals behind in child support
On Behalf of Laura Dale & Associates, P.C. | Nov 8, 2012 | Child Support
Texas parents are being sent to jail for not paying child support. In one particular county, 17 non-custodial parents were arrested and may face as much as six months in jail.This sweep concerned a series of warrants that were sent out for parents that failed to pay...
Eliminating conflict makes for better child custody arrangements
On Behalf of Laura Dale & Associates, P.C. | Nov 5, 2012 | Child Custody
It appears that approximately half of children will have parents that divorce before that child turns 18-years old. But though this can be particularly tough for children to deal with, studies have shown that parents putting aside their differences for the sake of the...
Reports of domestic violence prevalent in Houston area
On Behalf of Laura Dale & Associates, P.C. | Nov 1, 2012 | Domestic Violence
Though there has been an increase in women killed due to domestic violence during the year of 2011, what is called familicide (the killing of members of the entire nuclear family) has increased by 600 percent. There were six instances of familicide in 2011 as compared...
Profiles released concerning children up for adoption
On Behalf of Laura Dale & Associates, P.C. | Oct 29, 2012 | Adoption
There are approximately 6,000 children in Texas awaiting adoption, and many of them come from the southern Texas area. The Child Protective Services for our state has been attempting to publicize profiles of many of the children awaiting adoption in hopes that...
More couple signing prenuptial agreements
On Behalf of Laura Dale & Associates, P.C. | Oct 25, 2012 | Divorce
Houston family law clients are more often asking attorneys to prepare prenuptial agreements than have been drawn up in the past. Prenuptial agreements are also getting more imaginative in the wording and conditions, and individuals seemingly are more aware that their...
Child support delinquency rate approaches 40 percent
On Behalf of Laura Dale & Associates, P.C. | Oct 22, 2012 | Child Support
We recently reported that unpaid child support in Texas amounts to approximately $11 billion. We now find the delinquency rate for child support in one particular Texas County is at 39 percent. This percentage matched a number of other Texas counties as well, and...
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