Most people don't realize the technicality of gift-giving between spouses, or to spouses, especially with regard to real property. Take the following examples: 1. Spouse A owns a house before marriage, so it is Spouse A's separate property. Spouse A deeds the house to...
Denton County has eight district courts being the 16th, 158th, 211th, 362nd, 367th, 393rd, 431st and 442nd District Courts. CRIMINAL CASES The first five courts being the 16th, 158th, 211th, 362nd and 367th courts are courts that are assigned all criminal cases. The...
It is commonplace for people to purchase a house or invest in real estate together. Whether purchasing with a sibling, significant other, or friend, people generally don't foresee their relationship with that person ending poorly-otherwise, they would not be making...
In Texas, over 1,200 new laws took effect in September 2015. Interestingly, Texas now imposes civil and criminal liability for "the unlawful disclosure or promotion certain intimate visual material" or what has been commonly termed as "revenge porn." Under the civil...
The notion that a defendant in a suit must have notice of a proceeding against him or her is fundamental to our justice system. To ignore the notice requirement would be a clear violation of our Constitutional right to due process. However, this essential rule makes...
Recently, the United States Supreme Court in a 2015 opinion stated there are only four businesses that come from such a highly regulated governmental oversight position that there is no reasonable expectation of privacy for the records of that business. Those...