Law Offices Of Greg Enos

Galveston divorce lawyer | Galveston divorce attorney | Child custody lawyers Galveston

281-333-3030

Divorce and Child Custody

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Home
  • PAYMENT
  • About
    • Greg B. Enos
    • Paul Enos
    • Shandon Tonry
    • Contact Us
    • Map
    • Galveston Divorce Attorneys
  • Divorce
    • Uncontested Divorce
    • Divorce Process
    • Divorce FAQS
    • Divorce for Business Owners
    • Divorce for Physicians and Dentists
    • Property Division
    • The Family House
    • Taxes & Divorce
    • Alimony
    • Adultery
  • Custody
    • Child Custody Questions
    • Child Support
    • Custody Evaluation
    • International / Interstate Custody Disputes
    • When a Child Can Choose?
  • Mongoose
  • Blogs
  • Links
    • Links
    • Contact Us
    • Map
    • The Mongoose
    • School Districts
    • Galveston Co. Courts
    • Harris Co. Courts
  • Videos

Jun 1

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 should at least leave the courthouse feeling they were treated fairly and that neither side had some sort of inside connection or political advantage.  Lawyers and judges who allow it to appear that political clout is influencing a case are damaging the integrity and stability of the justice system we all work and believe in.  I have spent many hours on this story and I have tried to be as accurate and fair as possible.  I will publish any responses from those involved if they feel their side of the story needs to be told differently than what I have written. Greg ... Read More >

Post in: Constitutional Rights, Crimes in the courtroom, Doug York, Gary Polland, Judge Alicia Franklin, Judge Problems, Local Legal News, Uncategorized

Apr 17

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 Co Fam Directory - Draft - P - Z Click this link to download the correction form you can e-mail or fax to fix your listing or add or delete an attorney: Directory Correction Form Lawyers move, retire, and change names, so I need your help with corrections.  Look at your listing and send me any needed corrections by fax or e-email on the form provided.  The complete directory will list over 1,300 lawyers and have handy listings of courts in Harris County and surrounding counties, custody evaluators, business appraisers, translators, etc.   Please make sure your ... Read More >

Post in: Enos Legal Directories, Mongoose Blog

Apr 15

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 reward certain lawyers with these very lucrative appointments. There is no way to really track who gets these appointments, which judges make the appointments or how much the appointees are paid.  Public transparency and accountability has been sorely lacking for years.  Now the Harris County Family District Judges are requiring a new reporting form to bring transparency to this issue.  I applaud the judges, but more is needed. In a case where wealthy parents are fighting over ... Read More >

Post in: Amicus Attorneys, Attorney's Fees, Court Appointment Abuse, Harris County, Judge Problems, Mongoose Blog, Uncategorized

Apr 13

Expect Delays Getting to the 15th and 16th Floors

Harris County voters in 2007 approved bonds to fund construction of a new family law center, but instead the family courts were moved to the Civil Courthouse.  Suddenly, the number of visitors to the Civil Courthouse quadrupled.  Worse, all but two of the family courts were put at the top of the building, on the 15th and 16th floors.  Now, we are all going to pay the price for this poor planning for months because of elevator problems.  Six elevators serve floors 8 - 17 and six elevators serve floor 2- 8.  All public elevators and the one freight elevator serve the basement and the first floor. The one freight elevator serves all floors.  Judges and court staff have private elevators. Recently, three of the six public elevators that serve the upper floors where most of the family courts are have been out of operation.  This week, even the freight elevator went out. Judge David Farr sent this announcement out last week: I know that there has been tremendous frustration with the ... Read More >

Post in: Harris County, Mongoose Blog

Apr 12

Automatic Child Support Increases Can Work

Court orders in Texas almost always provide for automatic decreases in the event one child turns 18, graduates high school, etc.  A few cases have upheld automatic future INCREASES in child support.  In re D.S., 76 S.W.3d 512 (Tex. App. - Houston [14th Dist.] 2002, no pet.) involved two parents who were physicians.  The parents entered into an agreed order that provided that the father would pay $500 a month child support during his three years of medical residency and then pay $1,500 a month beginning on the date he would be expected to enter private practice.  The father decided to take a fellowship after his three years of residency and he argued that his pay was a lot less than anticipated and he sought to reduce his $1,500 per month child support obligation that had automatically kicked in.  The trial court refused to modify the prior order and the father appealed. The Houston Fourteenth Court of Appeals held: Automatic increases in child support are generally unenforceable ... Read More >

Post in: Child Support, Modification, Mongoose Blog

Apr 3

Judge Julia Maldonado: Words Matter, Not Money

I was prepared to write the headline, "Houston, We Have a Problem" during the second week of newly elected Judge Julia Maldonado's term, but I truly think things have turned around in the 507th.  I am ready and willing to criticize a Democratic judge if the facts warrant, but I am starting to be impressed by what I am seeing. Judge Julia Maldonado cannot raise campaign funds for a while as she is not up for re-election until 2020. Usually, once a lawyer is elected judge, attorneys swarm to contribute money after the fact. However, Maldonado’s post-election fund-raising was surprisingly anemic, despite the fact that a large number of family law attorneys are progressive and really Democrats. Maldonado had to stop raising funds on March 8 and I think that some of the unusual and concerning procedures she initially adopted upon taking office discouraged many lawyers and dampened financial support for her. Currently, the 507th is not, thank goodness, requiring the filing of sworn ... Read More >

Post in: Doug York, Harris County, Julia Maldonado, Mongoose Blog, Politics and elections

Apr 3

Judges & Money: The Races for 2018 – Part One

Our family law judges can start fund-raising in May if they are up for election in 2018. Lawyers can expect to be hit up from many of different directions for contributions during the next year and a half. Democrats sense that the unpopularity and incompetence and policies of the Trump administration may change the usual voting patterns in Harris County, where Republicans usually win in non-presidential election years. It is easier to motivate voters with anger and fear than it is civic duty. It is well known that demographic changes in Harris County will mean that sooner or later all of our judges will be Democrats. The Legislature is considering eliminating straight ticket voting for trial judges, but it is not clear to me which side that will really help. Judge Roy Moore is far ahead of the judicial pack in organization and he has a fund-raiser planned for Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at B&B Butchers, located at 1814 Washington Avenue.  Judge Moore has for months been sending out ... Read More >

Post in: Harris County, Mongoose Blog, Politics and elections

Jan 29

Rebecca Parker Joins Enos Law Firm as Associate Attorney

The Enos Law Firm welcomes a new lawyer: Rebecca "Becky" Parker. Becky worked as a family law paralegal for 26 years before going to law school at the Thurgood Marshall School of Law.  Three of the attorneys Ms. Parker worked for are now judges! Becky is a mother of three and she has helped hundreds of clients through the emotional and financial challenges of divorce.  We are so lucky that she has joined our team! ... Read More >

Post in: Local Legal News, Mongoose Blog

Feb 14

Presidents DO make Supreme Court nominations in their last year in office

The always excellent daily blog www.electoral-vote.com tore apart the GOP claim of a "tradition" of lame duck presidents not submitted Supreme Court nominations in their last 18 months of office. Here are a few salient observations: - 47 of the 112 justices in Supreme Court history were submitted in the last 18 months of a presidential term. - Of those 47, 28 were confirmed, six were withdrawn, three declined the offer, two were rejected, and for eight no decision was made. - Just over half of those 47 were placed into nomination by a president whose lame duck status was official. - For official lame ducks, it is 11 confirmations, four withdrawals, three declines, one rejection, and five where no decision was made. - The average length of time for a decision to be made is 37 days; the longest a nominee has languished is 261 days. There are 342 days left in Barack Obama's term. Late-term appointments were vastly more common in the 19th century ... Read More >

Post in: US Supreme Court

Mar 27

It is Not Too Late To Buy Judge Franklin (a wedding gift)

There is still time to buy a wedding gift for Judge Alicia Franklin before her April 4 wedding.  Whether you are motivated out of friendship or more practical purposes, Franklin made it very easy for you to buy her a gift on-line.  Until Tuesday, anyone on the planet was able to see her Honeymoon Pixie site and quickly order her gifts for her honeymoon.  Suddenly, after a very critical article was posted on the Republican blog Big Jolly about this unseemly situation, the links disappeared.  Then, the site required a password then within hours the public could again see the couple's gift wish list and buy them gifts.  Try clicking this link to possibly see it for yourself.  A Google search for "Alicia Franklin Doug York" pulls up this gift registry website and several others.  Here is part of what you were able to see until this week about the Franklin - York wedding: Judge Franklin and Mr. York are also registered on a variety of sites for gifts, including The Knot and ... Read More >

Post in: Crimes in the courtroom, Doug York, Judge Alicia Franklin, Judge Problems

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 13
  • Next Page »

Recent Posts

  • Who Moves Out of the House During Divorce?
  • How to Prepare for Your First Divorce Mediation Session
  • Donors Hold Off on Donation Until Beto O’Rourke Decides to Run
  • Laudanum
  • Election 2018

Categories

  • Agreement Incident to Divorce
  • Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
  • Amicus Attorneys
  • Attorney Disqualification
  • Attorney's Fees
  • BAKER STREET BAZAAR
  • Book Review
  • Business Valuation
  • Characterization
  • Child Custody
  • Child Support
  • Community Property
  • Constitutional Rights
  • Court Appointment Abuse
  • Crimes in the courtroom
  • Criminal law and family law
  • Default
  • Discovery
  • Dismissal summary judgment
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Violence
  • Doug York
  • E-Filing
  • E-Filing and Service
  • Election 2018
  • Electronic Evidence
  • Enforcement
  • Enos Legal Directories
  • Evidence
  • First Divorce
  • Galveston County
  • Gary Polland
  • Good Judges
  • Grandparents' custody and visitation
  • Harris County
  • Hearsay
  • Illegal Evidence
  • Injunctions
  • Injury Settlements in Divorce
  • Intervention
  • Judge Alicia Franklin
  • Judge Denise Pratt
  • Judge Problems
  • Judgment Nunc Pro Tunc
  • Julia Maldonado
  • Jury Trial
  • Law firm billing
  • Local Legal News
  • Mandamus
  • Modification
  • Mongoose Blog
  • Orders entry nunc pro tunc
  • Pleadings
  • Poetry and Prose
  • Politics and elections
  • Possession and visitation
  • Property Division
  • Recusal
  • Reimbursement
  • Religion and Philosophy
  • Rules of Civil Procedure
  • Separate Property
  • Spousal Maintenance (Alimony)
  • Ted Cruz
  • Temporary Orders
  • Tracing Separate Property
  • Trial
  • trial by consent
  • TRUMP REALITY
  • Uncategorized
  • Undivided Assets
  • US Supreme Court
  • Useful forms
  • Valuation
  • Venue and Transfer
  • Visitation and Possession
  • Waste / Fraud
  • Witnesses

Archives

  • April 2022
  • April 2019
  • November 2018
  • October 2017
  • June 2017
  • April 2017
  • January 2017
  • February 2016
  • March 2015
  • January 2015
  • December 2014
  • September 2014
  • February 2014
  • January 2014
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • September 2013
  • August 2013
  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • February 2013
    • Home
    • Blog
    • Contact Us
    • Map
    • Site Map
    facebook twitter

    17207 Feather Craft Lane, Webster, Texas 77598

    © 2013 The Enos Law Firm, PC. All rights Reserved.

    Popup Content