Generally, the answer is "no." Texas Penal Code Section 16.06, Unlawful Installation of Tracking Device," makes it an offense to knowingly install an electronic or mechanical tracking device on a motor vehicle owned or leased by another person.
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution that the person installing the device obtained the "effective consent...
You may be familiar with the Texas "Standard Possession Order or SPO" with the central features being that the non-custodial parent has visitation on:
the 1st, 3rd, 5th weekend of each months; share times on major holidays; mom's always get mother's day weekend; dad's always get father's day weekend; and, the non-custodial parent...In a Federal Civil Service divorce, OPM permits the court to order that the Former Spouse Survivor Annuity premium shall be paid from the retirement annuity of either the Employee or Former Spouse. If the court order is silent on the subject, OPM will deduct the premium from the Employee's share of...
When couples divorce, it's not uncommon for one or both spouses to want to begin the process of "moving on" prior to the divorce becoming final. One important detail might be purchasing a new home to jump-start your new "post-divorce" life. Caution is warranted here.
In Texas, title to real property follows a rule...
What protection, if any, exists for a former spouse receiving military retired pay when a servicemember, who is now a Federal civil service employee, opts to waive military retired pay to credit his or her military service toward a Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) annuity? Prior to the 1997 National Defense Authorization...
Servicemembers are frequently ordered to leave their location (i.e. PCS) to another county in Texas, another state in CONUS or another country OCONUS. These moves are most often a condition for continued military service or career progression. If a servicemember has children subject to a court order that imposed a geographic restriction on...
Military retirees are permitted by OPM regulations to waive receipt of military retired pay in order to credit their military service towards a Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) annuity, subject to a few conditions. How does this affect a former spouse receiving former spouse military retired pay? It doesn't. One of the conditions...
This is the second of a two-part blog series on the differences between civil and criminal contempt. This blog will focus on criminal contempt. If you wish to first read the first blog on civil contempt, click here.
In an enforcement action, criminal contempt is punitive in nature. That means...
This is the first in a two-part blog series that looks at the difference between civil and criminal contempt proceedings during enforcement actions. In civil and criminal contempt proceedings, both contain the possibility that the "contemnor" (i.e. the person found to be in contempt) might be jailed. The story doesn't end there. Let's...
It is not uncommon to get into legal disputes involving children's issues where one parent alleges that the other parent routinely fails to provide adequate supervision because a child is left alone at home occasionally. For example, I've been involved in squabbles in court involving an 8 year old being alone for as little...
