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Matthew Skillern – AVVO Top-Rated Lawyer 2019
Matthew A. Skillern, founder and lead attorney at The Skillern Firm, has received the distinction of being named an Avvo Top-Rated Lawyer for the year 2019. It is not surprising, given the fact that he has three times been designated one of the Texas Super…
Should I Stay Off Of Social Media During Litigation?
In short, the answer is yes. Although social media could help a party’s position in litigation, such a benefit does not outweigh the risks of permanent harm it could do to one’s case. This blog post will discuss several reasons why one should avoid the…
Can You Actually Rely on the Hague Convention?
Hague Convention On International Child Abduction The Hague Convention on International Child Abduction is an international compact among the signing countries in which the signatories agree to abide by the rules of the compact and to return children who have been abducted from one country…
How Binding is your Agreement?
The Texas Family Code allows parties to enter into a binding settlement agreements in both divorce and child custody cases. Binding settlement agreements are generally the result of the mediation process, which is required in almost every family case in Houston Courts. Section 153.0071 of…
High Conflict Parents And Parental Alienation Texas
High conflict parents are not just something you see in movies. Parental alienation is a real and causes a genuinely damaging result to children involved in some of these kinds of cases. When parents cannot move on past their previous relationship and fail to put…
Uncertainty After Obergefell
The ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Obergefell v. Hodges, 135 S. Ct. 2584, 192 L. Ed. 2d 609 (2015), recognized the constitutional right of all persons to marry another consenting adult of his or choice regardless of the sex or…
Monthly Child Support Policies in Texas for Children Above 18
Yes. In Texas, if you are paying child support for more than one child, the amount of child support will normally reduce when the oldest child turns 18 years old or graduates from high school – whichever occurs later. The Texas Family Code refers to…
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