Family Law

It isn’t surprising that a man worth an estimated $9.4 billion dollars would have some sort of prenuptial agreement with his spouse. This is the case with Australian American media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his wife Wendi Deng. As the Chief Executive of News Corp, he has not only wealth, but influence and power to protect. He filed for divorce from Wendy and appears to have managed to avoid a complex asset division. Murdoch’s representatives maintain that his divorce will have barely any impact on the business itself. The business was split into two different companies briefly after the divorce agreement was approved. Very little is actually known about why they decided to call it quits, but their children will certainly become beneficiaries of the family trust. However, they will have no vote in terms of their share of stock in News Corp. The vote for this large share will be granted to Rupert’s four oldest children. The value of the couple’s prenuptial agreements is evident. It divided the property each owned before they were married and it contained provisions that governed splitting property once that couple got divorced. With a prenuptial agreement couples in Greater Houston can avoid having […]

Your rights as a foster parent are important. Working with Child Protective Services as a foster parent is often confusing, frustrating and heartbreaking. Many people become foster parents with the hope of adopting the children that are placed in their home. Foster families often feel confused and frustrated by CPS’s actions including recurring failures to communicate important information, frequent changing the caseworker assigned to your child, and changing the goals set for the parent under investigation. CPS can remove the child from a foster family’s care for no apparent reason, place the child with another foster family or return the child to the care of the abusive parent, and offer no explanation, or a very poor one. If you are a foster parent and are concerned for the welfare of a child placed in your home, please contact our offices. Our lawyers can offer guidance in navigating the Child Protective system and help you to assert your rights as a foster parent. Partner Jeredith Jones worked for Child Protective Services prior to her legal career and also has represented clients against CPS and is experienced in handling the legal and practical challenges of CPS. Contact our law firm to learn […]

The children, child support, visitation, spousal support, the house, the 401(k): all the usual suspects at play in a typical divorce. But a very important part of post-divorce life, and one which is often an afterthought to settlement talks or trial preparation, is your credit rating. As you can see summarized in this Al.com article it is very important to keep your post-divorce credit rating in mind, and steps can be taken now and post-divorce which can blunt the often very damaging effect a divorce can have on your creditworthiness.