Did you know Roger Yale & Brittany Weaver are regularly rated by Super Lawyers? And this year, Kaitlyn Phillips will be joining. We've been making some changes here and there - same great team, just a little brighter. We hope you're as excited as we are.
Under Texas law, the standards for one-party consent allows recording if at least one participant consents. What does this mean? Some common scenarios in the State of Texas: If you and your spouse are having a discussion that you wish to record, you can technically be...
Did your school district recently add a holiday break or change the school week? Various school districts in and around Denton County, Texas have started changing their holiday schedules as well as their weekday attendance. If you are sharing custody of a child or are...
In April 2021, 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 loses...
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...