The Woodlands Divorce Attorney, Conroe Divorce Attorney » proposed bills http://thewoodlandsdivorce.com Divorce and Family Law Issues in Montgomery County, Harris County, and neighboring communities. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:46:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 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
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    • ]]>     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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    1. Required Counseling in Montgomery County Cases
    2. An End to the 60 Day Waiting Period?

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