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Estate Planning Law Insights
12 Steps to Estate Planning for Elderly Parents
We’re all aging every day, and this includes our parents. Thinking or talking about our parents’ passing can be hard. However, as they’re getting older, you might find yourself in a difficult position when you attempt to handle their financial and healthcare demands. ...
A Guide to Estate Planning: Incapacity
Estate Planning: Logan and Tara’s Story Logan Rause was a young, healthy, and outgoing 28 year-old who had a bright outlook on his future. He had just landed an amazing new job as a Project Manager for a local construction company, purchased a brand new house in his...
Estate Planning 101: Incapacity
Today, we’re going to talk about incapacitation and how a Durable Power of Attorney can avoid a Guardianship proceeding. First, let’s clarify some terms. Definitions The term “incapacitated person” includes an adult individual who, because of a physical or mental...
Immigration Law Insights
Who is Eligible for VAWA?
What is VAWA? The Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA, gives abused spouses and children of U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents who are living in the U.S. a protection by which to "self-petition" for lawful permanent resident status (a U.S. green card). This...
EB3 Application for Registered Nurses
If you are an immigrant who is currently in the process of becoming a registered nurse or already a registered nurse, you are eligible for the EB3 visa under the category of professional or skilled workers under the Department of Labor regulations. The immigrant visa...
Visa Bulletin December 2020
Summary: Family-based petitions have no movements on both charts. Employment-based petitions need to follow the Date of Filing Chart. Eb1 moves forward but Eb2, Eb3 and other workers have no move or even gone back. Which chart we should look at in December? For...
Divorce & Family Law Insights
Common Law Marriage in Texas
Some girls have dreamt of their wedding day since they were children, awaiting the day that they get to wear the white princess ball gown and walk down the aisle in front of their friends and families; on the other hand, some people have no interest in the big...
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Can I Get Alimony? [4 Factors Explained]
Alimony is called spousal maintenance in Texas and courts don’t really want to award spousal maintenance in most cases. There are only a few instances when a court in Texas will award spousal support and it will always be for a set amount of time and for a set amount...
Can you get a “pre-nup” in marriage?
Legally, no. You are not able to sign a Pre-Nuptial Agreement after you have gotten married, but you are able to sign a Post-Marital Agreement that does roughly the same thing. Texas courts will accept a Post-Marital Agreement if the couple hires an attorney to draft...
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