The Woodlands Family Law Blog

After almost 39 years of marriage, singing sensation duo Captain and Tennille has filed for divorce, a report by Reuters revealed. A court clerk from Arizona stated that 71-year-old Daryl Dragon and 73-year-old Tony Tennille filed their divorce papers in Prescott, AZ on January 16. The couple wed in February 1975, and has no children. […]

An online report published by Time Entertainment on Saturday, January 11 revealed that actress Hillary Duff and her husband Mike Comrie have separated. A friend close to the actress said in an interview that the couple has decided to co-parent their son Luca Cruz, who is currently 21-months-old. The source added that the actress and the former […]

Rapper Young Jeezy gave in to the police Friday, January 3, over an arrest warrant issued by a grand jury on allegations that he committed domestic violence against his own son, a report by the Huffington Post stated Tuesday, January 7. The artist allegedly knocked his teenage son into a shower door, dragged him into […]

A report published by Reuters on December 24 revealed that more men are seeking alimony from ex-wives. The article was a result of a survey conducted by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, which showed that 47% of their 1,600 members had seen an increase in the number of men receiving spousal support from their […]

Open adoption is the type of adoption in which both the adoptive and the birth parents have some information about each other.  Today, open adoption varies greatly on the degree of “openness.” Some birth parents only know about the adopters through books and photographs containing their name and description, while some may actually be in […]

A study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology concludes that, for men, an attractive wife leads to a more satisfying marriage. The study was designed to determine if a partner’s attractiveness contributed toward having a more satisfying union by monitoring 450 newly-married couples for four years. It discovered that men married to […]

Vice President Joe Biden said more help is needed for those who suffer domestic violence during his visit to the National Domestic Violence Hotline on Wednesday, October 30. The Hotline, which was founded in 2006, has almost 100 staff members to answer about 22,000 calls a month. However, Hotline President Katie Ray-Jones stated they still […]

A flash mob was staged at Market Street in The Woodlands October 13 to “take a stand against domestic violence”. Organizer Janice Warren, who has close ties to the Montgomery County Women’s Shelter, said October is an optimum time to stage a flash mob dedicated to the cause as October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. […]

Former NBA player Sean Banks is facing several charges after a domestic incident involving the mother of his child. Banks, 28, broke into the woman’s house on September 27 and started “verbally harassing her,” according to Englewood Det. Capt. Timothy Torell. After he was told to leave the house, he slashed the woman’s tires and […]

Actor Richard Gere and his wife of 11 years, Carey Lowell, have separated and are planning to file for divorce, according to the New York Post. It is believed that the couple’s different lifestyles led them to arrive at this decision. Gere, 64, and Lowell, 52, have “been spending time apart for quite some time,” […]