Posted by Diane Wanger | Mar 21, 2014 | 0 Comments
Okay, I am trying it. This is my first foray into youtube videos. This is not so informational, but future ones will be. I am just excited that I figured out how to do this. Did I tell you how I fixed my dishwasher last week. I am actually more proud of that. No man help. I will tell you m...
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Posted by Diane Wanger | Mar 21, 2014 | 0 Comments
There is a huge uproar in the legal community among professionals who practice family law. It centers around the decision of the Supreme Court to offer DIY forms for porce matters. Family law has complexities that cannot be adequately represented with a fill-in-the-blank form. If you are in a...
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I was in Austin earlier this year at a continuing legal education seminar on Collaborative Law. We had a speaker who explained that brain research shows how humans under stress will grab at the first solution that they see as solving the "issue". That is true even if they have been trained to i...
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Here's a double double wish for a Happy New Year. Not only is it after 1-1-12, but the Chinese New Year is today. This is the Year of the Dragon. The symbol Dragon in the East is not a threatening evil as is in the West. The Dragon to the Chinese is a symbol of among other things, power. Now...
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Posted by Diane Wanger | Mar 21, 2014 | 0 Comments
I was flying back from vacation, flipping through the audio tracks and came across a talk show where the lady was saying "you can't be living a rich life and living someone else's values". Oh how true. Many times when people see me about a porce they are far from taking that final step to start ...
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Collaborative law is an interdisciplinary porce process defined by statute in the State of Texas. It is for people who are unable to negotiate and agree to porce terms on their own but who wish to settle the case outside of court. This process also allows each spouse to have their own legal advoc...
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Divorce-the act of disconnecting your identity from that of another person. It's is a pretty major move when we talk about changing our identity. It can be unsettling for the person who is affirmatively seeking porce. For the person to whom porce is the farthest thing from their minds, it can b...
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Divorce is really a challenge to go through. I like to pass on writings that I find elsewhere that I think are pertinent to someone finding themselves facing porce. These will not always be related to the law. Here is the first. A Zen master said, “Now that my house has burned down, I have a ...
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I ran across a new word the other day, zugzwang, that has an interesting application to porce. The word means "a situation where a player is limited to moves which have a damaging effect". Hmmm. What does that have to do with porce you might ask? My idea in teaching people how to have a Smart D...
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There has been a major change in the ability of a father to deny paternity in Texas. Previously if a man did not deny paternity and request genetic testing at the time of a lawsuit concerning paternity of the child, the ability to deny paternity would be lost. The legislature has now said that a...
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Why did I name my blog for porce in Texas? Because I wanted to stress that there are choices to be made when going through porce. We want them to be ones that benefit us over all, in a multitude of areas, financial, emotional, relational. It requires a lot of thought to put together a comprehensi...
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Posted by Diane Wanger | Mar 19, 2014 | 0 Comments
When I was in Alaska I took a shuttle up to climb Flattop Mountain which overlooks Anchorage. Why am I telling you this? Well, I used to be in superb shape, both in strength and cardio. The last 3 to 4 years have been an adjustment downwards in ability. Anyway, this hike was an extraordinarily d...
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I just got back from Alaska going to continuing educational training on collaborative law. For those that don't know, that is a way of doing a porce or other dispute, outside of the court system. It is always inspiring to me to see how different people handle the skills necessary to do my job wel...
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Tax deductibility of post-divorce alimony ends for divorces finalized after 2018.
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You might be entitled to keep your medical insurance benefits under your former spouse's group plan. The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 created what are commonly known as "C.O.B.R.A." benefits, which are available to the former spouses of people who work for employers who ...
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Texas courts routinely order temporary alimony or spousal support (terms used interchangeably) during the pendency of the divorce (from the day of filing the petition until the day the divorce is granted) How much is ordered depends on the earnings and expenses of each spouse as well as which co...
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Well, another year has passed. I was reflecting to a client this week how much initial custody determinations have changed since I first started practicing 28 years ago. Back then, it was a given that if you had a stay-at-home Mom (and it was always the Mom) her getting primary custody and temp...
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Hi. I can't believe that Thanksgiving has already passed. It makes me think that this is the time of year that people begin to have problems with holiday visitations. Please know that if you anticipate some sort of problem that might require court intervention, PLEASE contact a professional now. ...
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A common question people ask when they come to see me on an initial divorce consultation is what is community property"? Community property is all property acquired during the time of marriage, other than by gift or inheritance. But the story doesn't end there. There is a concept in our property...
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Hello there. I am excited about talking to you all about Family Law and other interesting things that come up from time to time.On my mind of late are some recent changes in the law that I'll be talking about over the course of the next few months.Affidavits of Preference have been repealed by t...
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