Brian S asked:


I am the defendant, the divorce is uncontested. The plaintiff’s lawyer will not send me the case mgmt agreement to sign before so I don’t have to go to the hearing. Anything I can do?

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KidQuestion asked:


We live in Florida and our children were born here. I do not mind staying in Florida so we can share care of the children, but he does not want to grant a divorce because he thinks I will move back to Brazil with the children. I would like to visit there with them on occasion. Our only union ceremony took place in Brazil over 7 years ago. How do I file? Do I need to go to back to Brazil or can it be done here in Florida? I have limited financial resources.

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Rosetta asked:


My little girls father was just arrested for jumping a curb while being intoxicated. He had the baby in the car and he is being charged with child abuse. I am currently staying with his grandmother and do not have a place to live. His mom has the baby for the night but in the morning I am wanting to handle all of it and get my little girl back. Please help

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Questionable Mark? asked:


Kids are very, very impressionable.

As such, I feel concerned that future generations will believe that marriage is a sham and divorce is normal and acceptable.

I already know many people (perhaps as a result of childhood experiences) think that marriage is a load of **** and settle for domestic partnership. Or they’re just concerned about taxes.

Either way, I find it utterly deplorable that the sanctity and seriousness of marriage been reduced to little more than a fad.

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Someone’s Mommy asked:


I need to drop a case for custody in the Fort Worth courts.
I can’t afford to give my lawyer $ to do it for me; I am fully capable of doing it; I just need the forms and to fill it out. I have no idea what form that is though, and if I need a form to declare pro per (or whatever its called in this state).
Anyone know where to look? I want to get this done by Wed.

Thanks!
thanks; I looked there, the only thing I could find was when parties ignore everything and get put on the dismissal docket; I want to drop it intentionally so we can get the retainer back. We dont want to continue or file an agreed upon motion. Thanks tho; it was good to read

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Ben Dave asked:


Texas Divorce Records are considered public records in all states although there may be variations in the way they are governed and treated from one state to another. To search divorce records in any of the states, there are basically two options: government or private. Government sources are generally thought to be free, albeit largely the contrary in Texas while higher expectations are placed upon private ones. Either will work and is a matter of individual preference or situation. One of the public services that are provided by The Texas Department of State Health Services is Texas Divorce Records. Free Texas Divorce Records can be requested from the Vital Statistics Unit in Report of Divorce Indexes and can be downloaded free of charge from the department website. Although nominal, fees are usually involved beyond that. About a hundred thousand divorces have been filed at the office since 1968 but not much beyond Divorce Letters of Verification is available directly from this office. A Divorce Letter of Verification from the Vital Statistics Office only states whether or not a divorce was issued in the state of Texas. It contains the names of the divorcing parties, the county where the divorce was granted and the court case number. Fees are $20.00 for a letter. They are considered searching charges and hence not refundable or transferable to another record whether or not a search yields any results. However if a search results in a ‘no record found’, it can be used as proof of single-status (marital). Verification letters are available to divorces that occurred from 1968 to the last day of the year preceding the current one. Before 1968, Reports of Divorce Indexes were not filed with State offices but Divorce Records Texas had already long been kept at county level. For records from that era, you must still obtain them only through the office of the District Clerk in the county where the divorce took place. Certified copies of documents other than verification letters also have to be obtained in this manner even for divorces from 1968 and after. Texans are a special lot. The reasons behind their search for Texas Divorce Records are varied and flowery. There are also Texans who have resided in multiple states or county prior to Texas. As such, the complete divorce records of these folks will cut across state borders and the various state public record databases are not linked. As a result, employing government agencies for multiple-state divorce record searches becomes unfeasible. That’s why private record providers are the preferred option for Texas Divorce Records Search especially when time and personal bandwidth are a constraint. Their databases typically cover all states. The key to commercial record providers is picking the right one. There’s a glut of them online and all will claim top-notch deals. Of course many would be scams but a little precaution should keep you in safe waters. Look past those without refund guarantee and 24/7 support. Shop around at secure-retailers like Clickbank, Commission Junction and the likes. Many online sites offer pointers but stick to those with good subject matter content. Also, don’t be penny-wise and pound-foolish.



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Caro Wong asked:


are offered when there is a divorce involving a child. What is the diffrence between them. My soon to be ex-husband is in the air force and he wants joint custody but he is stationed far away. How would this work?

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sunny asked:


If the mother makes close to $40,000 and the father the same, how much alimony is the woman entitled to and how much child support are the children entitled to?
The couple has been married for 12 years.

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D.C.V asked:


ok so i know that the judge favors the mother. but what else is there? what else could contribute to deciding who will get custody?

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Jerald Young asked:


Recovery from divorce requires us to make a “leap of faith” into an unknown future. Since we haven’t done it yet, we don’t really know for sure how it will turn out. Our personal source of hope gives us the courage to move forward in the face of the uncertainty.

But the hard question is, “Where can I go to find my personal source of hope?”

Source 1: Hope Can Be Found within Ourselves

A person’s “source of hope” might include an implicit trust in him or herself. People use their belief that they have the ability to handle anything that they may encounter to give them courage to face their recovery from divorce.

Source 2: Hope Can Be Found in Others

Hope can also be found in a belief in the trustworthy, good intentions of their friends. They have experienced what they consider “trustworthy” treatment in the past, and subsequently trust others to protect them from harm and help them as they face the challenges of divorce recovery.

Source 3: Hope Can Be Found in Our Philosophical Belief Systems

Still others’ seek their hope in more intellectual areas, like philosophy. We all have been exposed to explanations about what life is all about. Sometimes it seems to “fit with our experience” and therefore “makes sense” to us. We may not have called it “my philosophy of life,” but that’s what it is, nonetheless. Search that philosophy for its basis for hope, especially where it addresses the reasons for being optimistic about life. It will almost always hold out hope for making future transitions, including divorce recovery.

Source 4: Hope Can Be Found in Our Religious or Spiritual Beliefs

Some find hope in their spiritual beliefs. It may be in an organized religion. It may be a non-religious, spiritual belief in the existence of good in this world. A strong spiritual belief enables us to “act as if” good is there waiting for us in all unknown future situations.

Source 5: Hope Can Be Found in Nature

Others find a basis for hope in the infinite complexity and beauty of nature. Some find it in the cosmos. Others find it in the microscope. Others find it in flowers, lakes, mountains, oceans. I had a client whose divorce recovery had been stuck for four years. Then she spent a week enjoying the woods of New Hampshire. When she returned the logjam that had been preventing her from moving on had broken up, and she was able to make a “miraculous” divorce recovery in the next four weeks.

Which Source to Use DOES NOT Matter

However, what does matter is using a source of hope that makes sense to you personally! When faced with making our recovery from divorce, we must FIND our source of hope and USE it! There we will find the strength to know things will work out for the good. The result is courage to confront the demons that threaten our successful recovery from divorce.

Whatever the source of hope that resonates within you, you must use it. That is the key to dealing with the unknowns of recovery from divorce.



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