http://www.divorce-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog San Antonio Divorce Lawyers & Attorneys Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:05:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Satisfy Your Credit Counseling Requirement Before Filing Bankruptcy 1 Before Filing http://www.divorce-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=46 2-Hour Personal Financial Management Instructional Course 1 After Filing http://www.divorce-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=45 Where the record amply demonstrated that defendant’s request for reduction of child support payments was not prompted by a desire to evade his responsibility, and the order of the trial judge did not relieve defendant of all responsibility, and the order of the trial judge did not relieve defendant of ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=44 Child support payments may properly be abated or reduced where an inability to pay results from involuntary loss of employment, but such relief should be temporary in nature in the sense that the petitioning party should be required within a reasonable time to establish that continued unemployment was in good ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=43 Where wife had a high school education, four minor children, was permanently disabled, and had received no formal training in job skills and where husband’s unemployment was not involuntary, award of $1,000 per month maintenance was not an abuse of discretion. http://www.divorce-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=42 The party seeking modification of maintenance has the burden of demonstrating that a substantial change of circumstances has occurred. In an action for the modification of maintenance, proof of need and proof of a change in circumstances are not separate and distinct issues; the need of the recipient spouse is one ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=41 While proof of sexual conduct between spouse receiving maintenance and the person with whom the spouse is living is no longer necessary to establish cohabitation on a conjugal basis, something more than merely living with another person of the opposite sex is required. A conjugal relationship does not require sexual conduct; ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=40 The trial court erred when it refused to allow an evidentiary hearing for the purpose of determining whether there was a sufficient change of circumstances to allow modification of the divorce decree where the separation agreement did not expressly preclude or limit modification of its terms. http://www.divorce-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=39 An increase in the child’s needs can be presumed on the basis that the child has grown older and the cost of living has risen. If a former spouse’s increased ability to pay is shown, the fact that the child receiving support has grown older and the cost of living has ... http://www.divorce-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=38 Since subsection (a) of this section codifies previous case law by requiring a showing of a substantial change in circumstances before a support order can be modified, cases determined prior to the new Act are relevant in determining what disposition should be made with respect to child support cases. http://www.divorce-lawyers-sanantonio.com/blog/?p=37