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Understanding Contingency Fees
Learn More: Understanding Contingency FeesMost people do not anticipate being involved in a car, truck, or personal injury accident and so therefore, most people are not financially prepared to deal with the aftermath. From sky high medical expenses to missed work, the financial consequences caused by a car accident can be devastating. Fortunately, the U.S. court system allows accident…
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Personal Injury Damage Caps in Texas
Learn More: Personal Injury Damage Caps in TexasIf you were injured by somebody else’s negligence in Dallas, Texas, you may be prepared to file a personal injury lawsuit. While you have every right to do so, you should know that Texas personal injury damage caps may affect the outcome of your case or your ability to file a claim at all. A…
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Who is Liable in an Elevator Accident?
Learn More: Who is Liable in an Elevator Accident?Elevator accidents are not all that common, and most elevator injuries occur during the maintenance phase and not when passengers are actually in the cars. This is because elevator technology is so refined that elevators are one of the safest modes of transportation. However, just because elevator accidents do not occur all that often does not…
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When There is a House or Apartment Fire, Who is at Fault?
Learn More: When There is a House or Apartment Fire, Who is at Fault?According the U.S. Fire Administration, an average of 3,000 people die every year in house and apartment fires. The most recent data, which is from 2015, saw 3,280 deaths by fire and 15,700 injuries, for a grand total of $14.3 billion in losses. In most instances, the homeowner is to blame when a home catches fire,…
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Uncovering Hidden Assets in Your Texas Divorce
Learn More: Uncovering Hidden Assets in Your Texas DivorceAccording to the Texas Family Code, Sec. 3.002, Texas is a community property state, meaning that all assets and possessions acquired during the marriage belong to both you and your spouse, and that during divorce, those assets and possessions will be subject to equal division, no matter which spouse ‘earned’ or ‘acquired’ the property in the…
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How to Recover Late or Missing Child Support Payments
Learn More: How to Recover Late or Missing Child Support PaymentsThe Dallas courts take child support seriously, as it is payment used to help fund the child’s needs and other expenses, including but not limited to clothing, food, shelter, entertainment, schooling, and extracurricular activities. When court-ordered payments are not being made, it can be frustrating to the custodial parent, if not more than a little…
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What You Should Know About Texas Divorce Subpoenas
Learn More: What You Should Know About Texas Divorce SubpoenasWhen any aspect of a divorce is contested in Texas, a judge will require both parties to present evidence supporting their stances. Sufficient evidence is especially important in regards to marital assets and property division. Assets and property cannot be fairly divided if they are not all properly identified and valued. Unfortunately, there are divorce…
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What is Financial Misconduct and How Do You Prove it?
Learn More: What is Financial Misconduct and How Do You Prove it?Financial misconduct, otherwise known as ‘ dissipation of assets,’ in a divorce is when one or both spouses spent, gave away, transferred, converted, or otherwise mismanaged money or assets that would have been subject to property division in divorce. An example of this would be when a wife goes on a business trip and decides to…
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Texas Cap on Child Support Guidelines Helps High-Income Earners
Learn More: Texas Cap on Child Support Guidelines Helps High-Income EarnersIn determining child support, one of the main factors that the judge looks at is each party’s income. Their income is then combined for the purpose of comparing it to the child support guidelines. However, in most states, if the parents’ total combined income exceeds $150,000, there are no guidelines for the judge to follow. It…
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The Use of a Forensic Accountant in a Dallas Divorce
Learn More: The Use of a Forensic Accountant in a Dallas DivorceForensic accountant sounds like a job title straight out of CSI, and not like an oftentimes-necessary tool in a Dallas divorce. However, many Dallas divorce cases require the expertise of a forensic accountant, especially when there are a significant number of assets to be split during the divorce. At the Clark Law Group, we routinely utilize…
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What to do if Your Divorce is Taking Too Long
Learn More: What to do if Your Divorce is Taking Too LongOne thing that many people do not understand when they initiate a divorce is that the process is tedious and long. Even if the couple remains amicable and agreeable throughout the entire divorce, the process can still take up to six months to complete. A contested divorce, on the other hand, can last for more than a year.…
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Can a Divorce be Dismissed in Dallas, TX?
Learn More: Can a Divorce be Dismissed in Dallas, TX?Sometimes a couple will file for divorce, only to realize halfway through the process that they do not, in fact, want to get a divorce. Fortunately, simply filing for divorce does not make the separation permanent. So long as both parties agree to a reconciliation before the divorce is final, it can be dismissed without…
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Understanding Alimony Insurance
Learn More: Understanding Alimony InsuranceAlimony, outside of child custody, can be one of the most difficult aspects of divorce. For the payer, having to give a former spouse money is a tough pill to swallow. On the other hand, the recipient’s pride is on the line, and accepting money from his or her current spouse is not so easy…
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13 Wacky Marriage Laws You Might Be Breaking
Learn More: 13 Wacky Marriage Laws You Might Be BreakingLaws, whether they are relevant today or not, served a purpose at one point in time in our country. For instance, at one point it was perfectly necessary for Colorado to establish a law that expressly prohibited anyone under the age of 16 from playing pinball after 11 pm. When Texas created a law barring…
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Abandonment as Grounds for Fault-Based Divorce in Texas
Learn More: Abandonment as Grounds for Fault-Based Divorce in TexasTexas is one of the few states that still recognizes fault-based divorces, and may grant a divorce in one spouse’s favor if sufficient grounds for fault are established. Under Section 6.005 of the Texas Family Code, abandonment is one of the seven grounds for a fault-based divorce in Texas. If a spouse is found guilty of abandonment,…
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Are Your Child Support Payments Being Misused?
Learn More: Are Your Child Support Payments Being Misused?‘Should you have to prove what your child support payments are going toward?’ This is a major topic of debate these days, especially as more and more individuals find themselves on the paying end of child support orders. It can be difficult for a hard working individual to learn that his or her money – money…
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Divorcing Your Alcohol or Drug Addicted Spouse in Texas
Learn More: Divorcing Your Alcohol or Drug Addicted Spouse in TexasBeing married to an alcohol or drug addicted individual is difficult, but unfortunately, that difficulty does not end on the day you decide to get a divorce. Regrettably, if you have children with your addicted spouse, the divorce process is going to be much more challenging, which you will learn as you try to protect…
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How to Get Restricted or Supervised Visitation in Texas
Learn More: How to Get Restricted or Supervised Visitation in TexasDivorce is never easy, but some individuals react more poorly to it than others. These individuals often try to harm the other spouse through emotional manipulation. Unfortunately, when children are involved, the spurned spouse will often use their children as pawns in his or her emotional games. From disallowing the other parent to see the children…
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Protecting Your Child From a Substance-Abusing Parent in Texas
Learn More: Protecting Your Child From a Substance-Abusing Parent in TexasSubstance abuse is a serious problem that not only affects abusers’ physical and mental wellbeing, but also affects the wellbeing of those around them-especially their children. Drugs and alcohol can impair one’s ability to properly care for a child, and chronic substance abuse can even pose a threat to a child’s safety. Because of this,…
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Getting Divorced After Five Years of Marriage
Learn More: Getting Divorced After Five Years of MarriageWhile divorce rates in the United States are on a small decline in the last decade, marriages still go south. What happens when your marriage ends before you even reach your five-year anniversary? It is estimated that 20% of marriages end in divorce before the couple reaches a half decade of being married. Luckily, for marriages that…