The Woodlands Family Law Blog

Since recent studies indicate that children with divorced parents who receive attention from both parents get better grades in school than those who do not, the Texas’ Office of the Attorney General is offering parenting services to encourage divorced parents to become involved in their children’s lives. The Attorney General’s Access and Visitation Hotline can […]

One of the accused Kauffman County murderers, Kim-Lene, recently refiled for divorce from former Kaufman County Justice of the Peace Eric Williams, naming her sister-in-law as a defendant. Both Kim-Lene and Williams were detained on capital murder charges for the death of assistant Kaufman County District Attorney Mark Hasse, who was killed in January of this […]

A couple residing in Charleston, South Carolina has asked for the help of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in physically bringing a Cherokee girl they have been trying to adopt to them. Matt and Melanie Capobianco called the federal law enforcement agency on Monday, August 12, asking for its assistance in taking three-year-old Veronica from […]

Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus’ parents, Billy Ray and Tish, who have been having marital problems for the past two years, once again decided against filing for a divorce petition. Billy Ray first filed for divorce in the fall of 2010 but dropped the case after a few months. The couple tried to undergo initial […]

World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Randy Orton recently finalized his divorced from his wife of five years Samantha Speno. Orton was awarded the cars, bank accounts, and his gun collection. The divorce was formalized in June. Samantha, who has a four-year-old daughter named Alanna with Orton, filed for divorce in March 2012, citing an “irretrievably broken” […]

The woman who was charged with capital murder along with her husband for the death of two North Texas prosecutors has sought a divorce from her husband. Kim Williams filed a divorce petition from her husband, former justice of the peace Eric Williams, on Thursday, June 27, according to The Dallas Morning News. Coincidentally, the […]

Reality television star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian is finally officially divorced from basketball player Kris Humphries’ as of Monday, June 3. Wed on Aug. 20, 2011, the couple had only been married for 72 days when Kardashian filed for divorce from Humphries on October 31 in a Los Angeles court, citing irreconcilable differences. On Dec. […]

Former National Football League (NFL) player Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson was sentenced to 30 days in Broward County Jail for playfully swatting his lawyer’s behind after winning a plea deal for violating probation in connection with his 2012 domestic violence case against ex-wife Evelyn Lozada on Monday, June 10 in a Fort Lauderdale, Florida courtroom. Judge […]

Children of divorced parents are more prone to changing their religions or not practicing any kind of religion altogether, a study by a Baylor University sociologist that appeared in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion showed. According to assistant professor of sociology in Waco, Texas-based Baylor’s College of Arts and Sciences Jeremy Uecker, […]

A group of military personnel is asking Congress to repeal a law – the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act (USFSPA) – instated in 1982 that allows a military retirement pension to be treated as property and, subsequently, divided between the spouses equally. The USFSPA Liberation Support Group, which feels that a veteran of the […]