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Collaborative Law Recent Article List Understanding a Collaborative Divorce in Texas by Patricia D. Henderson, Esq. The Texas legislature amended the family code effective September 1, 2001, to allow for the collaborative approach to divorce. This new approach to divorce in Texas allows the parties and their attorneys to enter into agreements, which permits their case to be conducted under the collaborative law approach and thereby following certain procedures. Collaborative Law - What it Means to Texas Mediators by Judy K. Dougherty & Josefina M. Rendon In the last couple of years some Texas attorneys have embraced a completely new way of practicing law in divorce cases‚ Collaborative Law. The 2001 legislative session passed HB 1363 which sanctioned the practice of Collaborative Law in family cases in Texas. When You Do Not Want A War by Verner & Brumley, P.C. Too often in divorces, we attorneys see clients who would agree to whatever possession schedule was truly best for their children or would agree to whatever division of assets was fair, but they cannot agree on what that possession schedule or division of assets is. Recent Collaborative Law Blog Posts     All Collaborative Law Blog Posts Related Article Archives Client/Attorney Relationship Collaborative Law     All Article Archives Navigate:   Home States Texas Divorce Source Texas Divorce Articles, News and Resources Collaborative Law Start Your Texas Online Divorce Today Easy, Fast and Affordable with a 100% Guarantee. Find Texas Divorce Professionals in Your Area: Choose a County! ANDERSON ANDREWS ANGELINA ARANSAS ARCHER ARMSTRONG ATASCOSA AUSTIN BAILEY BANDERA BASTROP BAYLOR BEE BELL BEXAR BLANCO BORDEN BOSQUE BOWIE BRAZORIA BRAZOS BREWSTER BRISCOE BROOKS BROWN BURLESON BURNET CALDWELL CALHOUN CALLAHAN CAMERON CAMP CARSON CASS CASTRO CHAMBERS CHEROKEE CHILDRESS CLAY COCHRAN COKE COLEMAN COLLIN COLLINGSWORTH COLORADO COMAL COMANCHE CONCHO COOKE CORYELL COTTLE CRANE CROCKETT CROSBY CULBERSON DALLAM DALLAS DAWSON DEAF SMITH DELTA DENTON DEWITT DICKENS DIMMIT DONLEY DUVAL EASTLAND ECTOR EDWARDS EL PASO ELLIS ERATH FALLS FANNIN FAYETTE FISHER FLOYD FOARD FORT BEND FRANKLIN FREESTONE FRIO GAINES GALVESTON GARZA GILLESPIE GLASSCOCK GOLIAD GONZALES GRAY GRAYSON GREGG GRIMES GUADALUPE HALE HALL HAMILTON HANSFORD HARDEMAN HARDIN HARRIS HARRISON HARTLEY HASKELL HAYS HEMPHILL HENDERSON HIDALGO HILL HOCKLEY HOOD HOPKINS HOUSTON HOWARD HUDSPETH HUNT HUTCHINSON IRION JACK JACKSON JASPER JEFF DAVIS JEFFERSON JIM HOGG JIM WELLS JOHNSON JONES KARNES KAUFMAN KENDALL KENEDY KENT KERR KIMBLE KING KINNEY KLEBERG KNOX LA SALLE LAMAR LAMB LAMPASAS LAVACA LEE LEON LIBERTY LIMESTONE LIPSCOMB LIVE OAK LLANO LOVING LUBBOCK LYNN MADISON MARION MARTIN MASON MATAGORDA MAVERICK MCCULLOCH MCLENNAN MCMULLEN MEDINA MENARD MIDLAND MILAM MILLS MITCHELL MONTAGUE MONTGOMERY MOORE MORRIS MOTLEY NACOGDOCHES NAVARRO NEWTON NOLAN NUECES OCHILTREE OLDHAM ORANGE PALO PINTO PANOLA PARKER PARMER PECOS POLK POTTER PRESIDIO RAINS RANDALL REAGAN REAL RED RIVER REEVES REFUGIO ROBERTS ROBERTSON ROCKWALL RUNNELS RUSK SABINE SAN AUGUSTINE SAN JACINTO SAN PATRICIO SAN SABA SCHLEICHER SCURRY SHACKELFORD SHELBY SHERMAN SMITH SOMERVELL STARR STEPHENS STERLING STONEWALL SUTTON SWISHER TARRANT TAYLOR TERRELL TERRY THROCKMORTON TITUS TOM GREEN TRAVIS TRINITY TYLER UPSHUR UPTON UVALDE VAL VERDE VAN ZANDT VICTORIA WALKER WALLER WARD WASHINGTON WEBB WHARTON WHEELER WICHITA WILBARGER WILLACY WILLIAMSON WILSON WINKLER WISE WOOD YOAKUM YOUNG ZAPATA ZAVALA Join the Network Texas Divorce Products, Services and Solutions Texas Divorce Resources to Help You Through the Process. Texas Mandatory Online Parenting Class Easy and convenient - complete at your own pace online. Discount Divorce Bookstore Over 100 Titles of the Best Books on Divorce & Custody. Divorce Download Center Instantly Download, Books, Manuals, & Forms. Free Texas Divorce Worksheet & Separation Agreement Your Guide to Get Organized and Put Everything in Writing. Texas recognizes common law marriages. To be defined as a common-law marriage within Texas, the two people must agree that they are married, live together, and present themselves as husband and wife. Only 15 other states recognize common law marriages.

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