On July 29th, Huffington Post published a blog post entitled, “We’re Getting a Divorce, Now What?” in which a women-focused financial organization offered nine tips about financial issues to consider in a divorce. I was skeptical going into the article/blog post when I saw it was offered by Women & Co. I’m not skeptical because […]
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No. In Texas, protective orders can issue from family courts in divorce suits and child custody actions (suits affecting the parent-child relationship or SAPCR). In these cases, protective orders are commonly issued to prevent somebody from visiting or even being within a certain distance from another person. Typically they will be issued if there are
This unbelievable car wreck occurred on I-30 just south of downtown Fort Worth at I-30 and Henderson. One Ferrari and one Lamborghini involved in the car wreck. No other cars appear involved in the damage. To the left you can see the two cars. The red Ferrari is seriously damaged on the left and the
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), responsible for regulating against employment discrimination, reported several key cases in July 2013. EEOC’s reports discrimination in multiple forms, including: racial discrimination; sex discrimination; disability discrimination; religious discrimination; and age discrimination. Pro-employer groups continue to assert decreasing employment discrimination; but the ongoing anti-discrimination work of the EEOC and Texas
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In a down economy, it can be exceedingly rare that you have an opportunity for promotion. It can be even rarer that the company is going to be willing to negotiate a higher salary when they know that there is probably 100 people at least closely qualified to take the position for the offered salary.
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If you have been in a car accident, an insurance company will become involved in settling claims. In Texas, the insurance companies have a strong lobby and the law often benefits them more than the drivers. Unless the accident was minor and the responsible driver offered to pay out of pocket, you will most likely
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Divorces are financially challenging affairs for most people. The financial cost of the divorce itself is usually a large, unplanned expense. You may find yourself in a new and difficult financial situation than the one you had before the divorce. You may be new to running your household budget. Your income may be reduced by
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released its new Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP) this spring that includes six key anti-discrimination priorities that the agency will be focusing on through 2016. These new anti-discrimination enforcement priorities reflect the intent to increase litigation as both a deterrent effect on employers to increase their anti-discrimination policies to prevent
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Divorce is a time where preparation, rational thought and a willingness to make long term decisions are critical but these things can be hard to do because divorce is often also a very emotional time. Texas family law attorneys assisting clients in divorces have a responsibility to the legal interests of their client. Some attorneys take
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401k fees have come into focus as one of many ways the financial services industry leeches money from the investors. That focus turned into litigation by participants against their plans (and plan service providers). Eventually the Department of Labor instituted fee disclosure rules that require plan service providers to break down fees charged to the
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How you dress to go to court is important. Courtrooms are one of the most formal workplaces in the country. Judges are very strict about attire from their staff to lawyers to parties to witnesses to spectators. Only jurors can sometimes get away with more relaxed attire. The last thing you want to do is
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The minimum wage in Dallas, Texas is currently $7.25. Minimum wage in Dallas Texas is the same as the minimum wage in Texas at $7.25, set by the Texas Payday Act, which ties minimum wage in Dallas and the rest of Texas to the minimum wage under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Dallas could increase
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In 1994, following the first war with Iraq, the federal government enacted the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) to protect the civilian jobs of uniformed service members. The purpose of this law is to protect service members who perform both short term service, such as reservists who commit a weekend
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If scheduled to be “on call” as part of your employment, you may be eligible to receive pay based on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Texas Payday Law for at least minimum wage. If it is more than forty hours and you are not a salaried, exempt employee, then also overtime pay. On
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Sometimes, yes. Any time the market dips, it inevitably leads to a string of suits against brokers for all sorts of reasonable and unreasonable theories. The attitude suggests people don’t care how their losses go away, as long as somebody else can foot the bill. Sometimes these suits are legitimate. Accountholders, seeing gains during the market boom
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401k loans allow you to borrow against your 401k account tax-free (as long as you pay it all back). The loan payments typically occur by payroll deductions. If considering a 401k loan you should carefully consider he loan terms and the ramifications. Your employer does not have to offer 401k loans and can severely limit
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By now you received fee disclosure statements on your 401k, ESOP, 403(b) and profit sharing plans. These fee disclosure statements, known as 404a5 Participant Disclosures, ensure these retirement plans provide plan participants with a minimum amount of information about the fees charged by plan investments and fees paid by the plan (often from those investment fees)
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Most personal injuries, such as car accidents and premises injury claims involve an insurance company to settle an injury claim. In Fort Worth or Dallas, a claim may settle with the adjuster or the insurer may hire local Texas lawyers. The time and complexity involved in settling an injury claim or suit depends upon the injuries, the
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In Texas, it is illegal for an employer to create a hostile work environment, or workplace harassment, on the basis of sex/gender, race, religion, age (over 40), qualified disability, national origin, ethnicity, or status as a current or veteran military service member. Discrimination laws prohibit more than just sexual harassment. Harassment leads to a hostile
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Vehicle accidents are an unfortunate result of our automobile-driven transportation system in Texas. In Tarrant County alone, there are over 20,000 traffic accidents each year. With over 1.8 million people in the county, that is one accident per ninety people each year. (Although this is somewhat inaccurate because non-Tarrant County residents also get in accidents
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