Technology used in the context of separation and divorce is not always of the facilitating variety. To the contrary, family court judges and lawyers frequently observe how that same technology is used as a weapon — either to gain an advantage in litigation or to intimidate or harass an opponent, writes commentator Mark A. Momjian.

A Harris County man filed a lawsuit against Houston solo practitioner Elizabeth Bruman, alleging he paid her a $25,000 retainer to appeal a federal court judgment against him, but she “never appealed the cases as she had represented to Plaintiff she would.”

Timothy Hightower’s departure from Ireson, Weizel & Hightower of Houston has spawned dueling lawsuits and competing allegations of breach of fiduciary duty between Hightower and his former partners and firms.

New amendments to the spousal maintenance provisions of the Texas Family Code take effect September 1, 2013, and apply to the enforcement of contractual provisions of a divorce approved by the court regardless of whether the agreement was approved by the decree of the divorce and rendered before, on, or after the effective date, explains … Read More »

According to the Texas Ethics Commission records for the most recent 83rd Legislative Session, lawmakers filed 351 reports to show they sought legislative continuances from courts. But notably only three House members filed 94.6 percent of those reports.