Divorce Tips For Parents in the Spring Late February through March tend to be the time of year when parents take a minute and catch their breath. As a mom when my kids were in grade school through high school after Valentine’s Day there was a feeling of ‘we made it!’ with school. We [...]
Strategies for Family Law and Divorce in the New Year The New Year is a good time to take a look at where you are and reassess your life progress and your goals. The end of the year and the Christmas and New Year holidays allow us all the time to enjoy traditions, family and [...]
Ms. Jill O'Connell, founder and attorney at O'Connell Law Firm, P.C. has been elected a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. As a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, Ms. O'Connell is joining a select group of elite Texas attorneys. Election is a recognition of her outstanding record in the legal profession, dedication to justice, [...]
Divorced Holidays Divorce can feel like it changes everything, but when you’re a divorced parent, you are still a parent. You are always a parent - and that mean that so is your ex-spouse. When you have children, your divorce means that you are going to be divorced parents working through the holidays together. [...]
Texas Divorce Dispute Resolution Stage After you and your divorce attorney have all of the information that you need, or anticipate needing to make decisions in your Texas divorce, you may attempt to resolve your Texas divorce case and reach an agreement with the other side. There are several ways you might attempt to do [...]
Information Gathering Stage - Navigating Divorce When you are navigating divorce the second part of the Texas divorce is the information gathering stage. You and your divorce attorney will begin discussing and working on gathering information about your finances including income and debts, property, accounts and other information. And, you will exchange some information [...]
Grounds for Divorce The Original Petition for Divorce is the pleading (the filed document) that starts divorce in Texas. The Original Petition for Divorce must include several things according to the Texas Family Code. One of the elements that must be included is the “why” the court may grant a divorce. The “why” is a [...]
Family Law Questions Rarely Heard Family law questions, marital relationship statutes and divorce law questions and answers are the things we family law attorneys work with and talk about every day. But, there are some interesting things in the Texas Family Code that I don’t get to talk about most days in the office. Interesting [...]
Modifying Child Support Updated for 2019! Divorce Decrees are final orders. However, that doesn’t mean that what is in there can never be changed. Child support can be changed under certain circumstances. Statutory Change And, effective in 2015, two specific ways the court may modify or change child support are included in divorce decrees. And, [...]