Driving while intoxicated (DWI) is a relatively common offense in Texas. Given how frequently people get pulled over and arrested for DWIs, there are a lot of myths floating around about what you can and...
Driving while intoxicated (DWI) is a relatively common offense in Texas. Given how frequently people get pulled over and arrested for DWIs, there are a lot of myths floating around about what you can and...
There’s a common idea among parents that teenagers who get in major trouble require tough love. Tough love often involves letting a teenager experience the hardship that results from the mistakes they’ve made. While tough...
If you are in your 50s in Texas and are in the process of a divorce, you have different financial considerations than someone who is younger and at a different stage in life. You need...
“Gray divorce,” the term for divorce among older adults, carries certain challenges because while younger people may have decades in the workplace to recover financially, this age group generally does not. Some may already be...
Texas has some of the harshest narcotics laws in the country. Even first-time offenders can be sentenced to years in prison for drug possession. The penalties for simple drug possession in the Lone Star State...
Those who are arrested in Texas must actually become defendants within a reasonable period of time. In other words, they must go from being arrested to charged without delay. This is a right that those...
In Texas, many spouses struggle to remain in the marital home after a divorce due to the high cost of real estate. Even if they are able to negotiate or win the right to stay,...
Inmates in Texas are allowed to appeal their sentences or convictions to a higher court. If they exhaust their appeals, they can challenge their sentences or convictions with a habeas corpus petition. This is generally...
If you are a non-custodial parent in Texas, you may face a situation where you are unable to pay child support. Non-payment of child support comes with harsh penalties including jail time. There may be...
On March 9, an investigator with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services was fired for allegedly possessing heroin. The 40-year-old San Angelo woman had worked for the DFPS since 2012. Her termination came...