As I reflect on my first year of practicing family law (including divorce and child custody in Dallas, Texas), I realize that there were many moments where I felt the weight of the responsibility of my new title very heavily on my shoulders. Because I was a paralegal for so many years before law school,
Unique challenges of same sex custody cases in Texas
The right for same-sex couples to marry, and also divorce, has been in place in the U.S. for several years now. Same-sex relationships have normalized somewhat from being a unique anomaly to a run-of-the-mill occurrence. Even in some of the more conservative counties and courts that we practice in at our firm, gay marriage is
Laws that prohibit divorce from a valid marriage violate human rights
The United Nations ruled in August that an Australian law that prohibits divorce between same-sex couples validly married from another country to divorce violates international human rights obligations.
The case was taken to the UN by Fiona Kumari Campbell, who married her ex-partner in Canada in 2004, before the couple separated later that year. Dr
Divorce, Custody, and Other Emerging Texas Family Law Issues After Obergefell
Yesterday I was honored to speak at the State Bar of Texas’ LGBT Section’s Impact of Marriage Equality on Texas Law continuing legal education seminar. My topic was Divorce, Custody, and Other Emerging Family Law Issues After Obergefell. My co-presenter was the most awesome Karen Langsley from Austin. One of the biggest issues that we
Texas is the Hotel California of same sex marriage
The Eagles sang about the Hotel California in their 1977 song: “You can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave!”. The current state of same sex marriage in Texas is similar. Couples can go to other states and get