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Who Moves Out of the House During Divorce?

When you find yourself stuck deciding who gets the house during a divorce, you’ll need legal assistance. While the payments made on the house and the upkeep of the house are all decided at the beginning of the divorce process, deciding who gets the home is much more difficult and often feels personal. If the decision can’t be made between the two divorcing parties, then a judge has to get involved. Here’s what you should know about deciding who gets… Read More >

The decision to get divorced is often not an easy one. But what happens when you don’t want a full-blown series of court cases surrounding this experience? Rather than seeking divorce advice from your friends and a DIY solution, you can turn to mediation. Mediation is a form of a divorce settlement that can work for you if you and your spouse are on terms good enough for open, if uncomfortable, communication. If you and your spouse are going through… Read More >

Donors Hold Off on Donation Until Beto O’Rourke Decides to Run

Beto O’Rourke’s narrow Texas Senate defeat has top party donors and operatives waiting hesitantly to see if he decides to run for president. Prior to O’Rourke’s fast rise, funders were already apprehensive on committing to a candidate so early in the race with so many contenders to come. However, after learning of the charismatic O’Rourke who managed to easily raise $70 million for his campaign, party donors held off on contributions waiting patiently for O’Rourke’s decision to run. Mikal Watts,… Read More >

Laudanum

Laudanum was a widely used medicine in the Victoria Era which contained opium and alcohol and was very addictive. The terms laudanum and tincture of opium are generally interchangeable. Laudanum is mentioned once in the Canon in The Man With The Twisted Lip: Isa Whitney, brother of the late Elias Whitney, D.D., Principal of the Theological College of St. George’s, was much addicted to opium. The habit grew upon him, as I understand, from some foolish freak when he was… Read More >

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Every reader of Sherlock Holmes forms in his or her imagination an image of the sitting room at 221B, where almost every story begins. The Canon provides many details of what was in the rooms rented by Holmes and Watson, but relatively few clues about the design or layout of the building at 221B Baker Street. This article reviews previous suggestions for the architectural design of 221B and explains why they simply to not conform with architectural reality or the… Read More >

Was a Jury Verdict in a Million Dollar Child Custody Case Tossed Out Because of Politics?

I am a divorce lawyer now, but once I was a young father battling for custody of my two children. I still can feel the worry and dread such a court case creates. It seems to the parents that everything important to them in the universe is at stake. Parents in such situations feel helpless because so much rides on the lawyers and the judge and jury. No matter who “wins” or loses in a child custody case, both parents… Read More >

Draft 2017 Family Law Directory is Ready to Review

Click these links to download in PDF a draft of the 2017 Harris County Family Law Directory attorney listings . The PDF file is large so this draft is divided alphabetically by attorney’s last names in three groups for easier downloading: Last names A through G: 2017 Harris Co Fam Directory Draft – A – G Last names H through O: 2017 Harris Co Fam Law Directory Draft – H – O Last names P – Z: 2017 Harris… Read More >

Trump claims he cannot be sued while he is President

President Trump is being sued in several pending cases. His lawyers have begun to file motions claiming he cannot be sued while he is in office. If a sitting President were sued for divorce by his wife, this argument would probably be made for the President. Click this link to download Trump’s answer in federal court in reply to a defamation suit filed by a former reality show contestant who claims Trump groped her: Trump motion – President cannot be… Read More >

A Step Closer to the Truth about Lucrative Court Appointments – Part One

A very small, select number of attorneys make hundreds of thousands of dollars each year because they are appointed by family and juvenile court judges to be amicus attorneys representing children in private custody cases where the parties can afford to pay very large fees. The law that requires random appointment of lawyers for most positions (infamously called the “wheel”) specifically does not apply to amicus attorneys or discovery masters. Each judge has the unfettered, and largely secret, ability to… Read More >