Many Texas divorces include restaurants, professional offices, and small service providers, like beauty shops. Roughly three million American businesses fit into this category. Even if one spouse was completely responsible…
Frequently, the area beneath the surface is more valuable than the surface itself. In the early 1920s, very few people wanted to own land in the Permian Basin of West…
A seemingly trivial statistical change in 2007 speaks volumes about child custody in today’s America. That year, the Census Bureau stopped assuming that children lived with two married parents. Indeed,…
The Lone Star State is a community property state. However, Texas is not a “pure” community property state, like California. In the Golden State, almost all community property, or marital…
Philosophically, spousal support is one of the most divisive issues in a marriage dissolution. Some people, mostly obligees, or people receiving support, claim alimony is critical to a just and…
Orsinger, Nelson, Downing & Anderson name partner honored for impactful career SAN ANTONIO – Acclaimed Texas attorney Richard R. Orsinger, name partner in the Family Law boutique…
A few divorce cases go to trial. Perhaps a spouse wants or needs a judicial declaration that the divorce was the other spouse’s fault. Or, maybe the two sides are…
Total of 13 attorneys earn recognition in 2021 Texas Super Lawyers guide DALLAS – Five partners with Family Law firm Orsinger, Nelson, Downing &…
The Lone Star State has one of the narrowest spousal support laws in the country. Typically, to qualify for alimony in Texas, the marriage must have lasted at least…
On July 15, 2021, the law in this area changes substantially. However, these changes only affect the method of child tax credit payment. Parents may now claim some child…
