The Woodlands Divorce Attorney, Conroe Divorce Attorney » Legislation http://thewoodlandsdivorce.com Divorce and Family Law Issues in Montgomery County, Harris County, and neighboring communities. Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:41:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 An End to the 60 Day Waiting Period? http://thewoodlandsdivorce.com/2009/05/03/an-end-to-the-60-day-waiting-period/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://thewoodlandsdivorce.com/2009/05/03/an-end-to-the-60-day-waiting-period/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 12:31:38 +0000 Rich Shea http://thewoodlandsdivorce.com/?p=11
  • The Mandatory Waiting Period
    • ]]>     Families that have gone through divorce in The Woodlands are familiar with the 60 day waiting period. If this is the first time you are hearing about it, let’s review how it works. Once a spouse files for divorce in The Woodlands or anywhere in Texas, there is a mandatory 60 day waiting period. The Court will not issue a divorce decree any earlier than the 61st day after The Woodlands Divorce Lawyer filed the petition for divorce. This procedure may be changing.

    The Texas House of Representatives is considering a waiver of the mandatory 60 day waiting period before a court can issue a divorce decree. The key criteria for obtaining a divorce decree under this proposed law would be your Woodlands Divorce Lawyer provides the Court with sufficient evidence that family violence makes an early divorce order necessary.

    At this stage the proposal to waive the 60 day waiting period for divorce cases in The Woodlands is only a proposal. It has not been signed into law yet. If you are filing for divorce now you must still wait at least 60 days before the Court may issue its divorce decree.

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    ]]>     http://thewoodlandsdivorce.com/2009/05/03/an-end-to-the-60-day-waiting-period/feed/ 0     Is Mandatory Marriage Counseling in Your Future? http://thewoodlandsdivorce.com/2009/04/28/is-mandatory-marriage-counseling-in-your-future/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://thewoodlandsdivorce.com/2009/04/28/is-mandatory-marriage-counseling-in-your-future/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:41:37 +0000 Rich Shea http://thewoodlandsdivorce.com/?p=9
  • Required Counseling in Montgomery County Cases
  • An End to the 60 Day Waiting Period?
    • ]]>     It is not here yet, but a bill has been introduced in the Texas legislature to require that every person with a child or children who files for divorce in The Woodlands and all of Texas complete 10 hours of mandatory divorce counseling before the Court finalizes the divorce.

    There are some exceptions to the proposed mandatory divorce counseling. Most notable is if the spouse filing for divorce can prove they are the victim of abuse then they will not have to attend counseling.

    Another interesting exception is that the non-petitioning spouse is not required to complete the divorce counseling before the Court approves the divorce. If the non-petitioning spouse does not complete the counseling, the proposed bill authorizes the judge to consider this fact when ruling on property and custody of children.

    We will keep you posted on this bill as it moves through the legislature and either becomes law or gets passed over.

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