McKinney Texas Family Law Blog
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Divorce and Children: Mothers’ 5 Most Common Questions Answered
Mothers have many concerns and fears about what is going to happen to their children during and after divorce. Here are the top five concerns we hear most often at our family law firm when divorce and children play a major role.
Will I be given primary child custody? Most cas…
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Michael Puhl Receives an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating
Social media is an increasing source of marital problems, which can lead to divorce. Even a seemingly harmless photograph posted on Facebook can push a couple into a break-up. In addition, Facebook postings, tweets, texts, and emails appear regularly as evidence in divorce trials…
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When Divorce is Caused by High Tech Cheating
Social media is an increasing source of marital problems, which can lead to divorce. Even a seemingly harmless photograph posted on Facebook can push a couple into a break-up. In addition, Facebook postings, tweets, texts, and emails appear regularly as evidence in divorce trials…
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The Role of the Child in Custody/Possession Decisions
Most people are confused and often incorrect about when a child can choose whether to live with his mother or his father, and frequently ask us this question at Puhl and Berbarie at MyFamilyLawyer.net. The Texas statutes, which contain all the applicable laws regarding child cust…
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Top Five Things to Know About Child Support
The most important thing to know is that you can and most likely will be sent to jail if you don’t pay regularly and on time. Debtors’ prisons are still open in Texas for people who fail to follow a court order for payment of child support. You can be held in jail until you h…
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Tax & Other Important Factors Regarding Child Support
We understand you are going to have many questions about child support, which we can answer. For instance, child support payments are not taxable to the recipient. If you are receiving child support, you do not need to report those payments as income on your federal income tax re…
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How Much Will I Owe for Child Support?
The Texas Legislature enacted statutes governing the calculation of child support. The law requires that both parents contribute to the support of their child, to the extent of the actual proven needs of the child, based on their respective abilities to pay, and taking into accou…
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Tips for Testifying Lesson 4: Direct and Cross Examination of Witnesses
This series of Tips for Testifying in Legal Proceedings is designed to help witnesses understand courtroom procedures, so they can be as comfortable and prepared as possible for giving their testimony.Our last lesson looked at how to handle trick questions during testimony, and t…