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In April 2021, the Yale Law team obtained mandamus relief in two separate cases involving the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Pursuant to the Texas Family Code, in cases filed by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, the court...
If you are getting divorced, annulled, or seeking court direction in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, then get ready to produced all the things--and by things, we mean documents. Effective January 1, 2021, parties to new family law cases will be...
In 2017, our Texas legislature passed a new law titled “The Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act.” The Act can be found in the Texas Property Code. Though fairly lengthy, the Act allows co‑owners of property to partition the property by sale if the property cannot...
In 2018, the Texas Supreme Court delivered an opinion expanding the rights of non-parents to have standing (the legal right to bring a lawsuit) in certain lawsuits under the Family Code. In the Interest of H.S., a Minor Child, the Court held that a non-parent may have...
There are a variety of benefits and risks associated with relevant technology. Facebook has nearly 2 billion users. A new Facebook account is created five times every second. One statistic states that 50% of 18 to 24-year olds go on Facebook every morning when they...
The holidays can be a difficult time for those going through a divorce or custody battle. Luckily, there are a few things you can do to keep your holidays sane. Know where your children will be spending the holidays, what times they'll be with their other parent and...
The Estates Code authorizes the Probate Court to issue a writ of attachment, conditioned on the posting of a bond ordering a Sheriff or Constable to seize and hold the property or part of the property, pending additional orders of the Court. The allegations of the...
The purpose of a Temporary Restraining Order or a Temporary Injunction is to maintain the "status quo" or in other words, keep things the way they are. Generally, in order to get a Temporary Restraining Order ("TRO") or a Temporary Injunction one must prove the...
Effective June 1, 2017, it is illegal to use a hand-held communication device while driving in Denton, Texas. This effectively means that drivers can no longer use a cell phone for text messages, email correspondence, voice call, face time or other physical use by...
A court of inquiry is a criminal proceeding authorized by and conducted according to the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. When a District Judge, acting in his capacity as magistrate, has probable cause to believe an offense has been committed against the laws of this...
