Helping Texans with a variety of family law cases, including child custody and divorce.
Child custody orders are among the most crucial aspects of family law, dictating the rights, responsibilities, and arrangements for children following a separation or divorce. However, crafting a comprehensive custody order involves considering numerous factors, each...
Introduction: Navigating the intricacies of child custody orders requires a thorough understanding of parental rights and duties to ensure the well-being of the child remains paramount. From establishing primary residence to managing educational decisions and...
In legal proceedings, a continuance serves as a request to reschedule a court hearing or trial to a later date, typically sought when additional time is necessary for adequate preparation. This article offers insights into the most common reasons why a Court grants a...
In legal proceedings, a continuance serves as a request to reschedule a court hearing or trial to a later date, typically sought when additional time is necessary for adequate preparation. This article offers insights into the factors influencing the grant or denial...
For a court to order the release of someone confined for violating an order, the trial court's order of commitment must be void, either because it was beyond the power of the court or because it deprived the relator of his liberty without due process of law....
Statutory Requirements: The pleading requirements for a motion to enforce are set out in section 157.002 of the Family Code. This provision requires such a motion to include the amount owed, the amount paid, and the amount of arrearages. Tex. Fam.Code § 157.002(b)(1)....
Due process requires that a suitable judgment of contempt is necessary in order to imprison a person for contempt of court. “Ex parte Puckitt, 159 Tex. 438, 322 S.W.2d 597 (1959). A judgment of contempt is a court order finding the confined person in contempt for...
A contempt order may not be based on an ambiguous order (Ex parte Price, 741 S.W.2d 366, 367-368 (Tex.1987); In re Ragland, 973 S.W.2d 769, 771 (Tex. App.-Tyler 1998, orig. proceeding)). When a trial court punishes a party for disobedience of a written order, the...
Sometimes a court finds that a person is in contempt of Court, sentences that person to jail but then suspends the sentence. TEx. FAM.CODE ANN. § 157.165 (Vernon 2002). Essentially putting the person on probation for so long as that person does certain actions or does...
Due process requires that a suitable judgment of contempt is necessary in order to imprison a person for contempt of court. "Ex parte Puckitt, 159 Tex. 438, 322 S.W.2d 597 (1959); Ex parte Hawkins, 545 S.W.2d 599 (Tex.Civ.App. Texarkana 1977). See generally Lowe,...