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	<title>Texas Family Law Blog</title>
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	<description>An Exploration of Family Law In Texas</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 16:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Texas Frozen Embryo Case of Roman v. Roman Finally Over</title>
		<link>http://texasfamilylawblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/texas-frozen-embryo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 16:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Palmer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On thing can be said for Augusta Roman, she certainly fought her legal case until the bitter end.  
In a Harris County, Texas divorce, she wanted to be awarded frozen embryos she had created with her husband when they were still together.  Augusta wanted to implant the embryos and become pregnant even though her now ex-husband, Randy protested and said that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Custody of Your Pet in a Divorce</title>
		<link>http://texasfamilylawblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/custody-of-your-pet-in-a-divorce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Palmer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Divorce]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many couples, because of age or by choice do not have children- at least the two legged type.  For many couples, their beloved pets are considered their &#8220;children&#8221;. 
This is why when divorce comes along, parties can feel just as much anxiety, concern and apprehension as they would in a divorce proceeding involving a child.  However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Frozen Embyo Case Update: Wife To Try Last Desperate Legal Gambit</title>
		<link>http://texasfamilylawblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/texas-frozen-embyo-case-update-wife-to-try-last-desparate-legal-gambit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Palmer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Case Law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Frozen Embryos]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Roman vs. Roman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Add new tag]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[embryo case]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Roman v. Roman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
The ex-wife in the highly publicized Texas Frozen Embryo Custody case of Roman v. Roman was &#8220;devastated&#8221; upon hearing the news that the U.S. Supreme Court denied her the right to legal custody of several frozen embryos she had created with her ex-husband prior to their divorce.  Augusta Roman, 46, has said that the embryos are her last chance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Female Lawyers Get Divorced More Than Male Lawyers</title>
		<link>http://texasfamilylawblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/female-lawyers-get-divorced-more-than-male-lawyers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Palmer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Attorneys]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Divorce]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Attorneys and Divorce]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A researcher has found that young female lawyers and other women professionals have slightly higher divorce rates than their male counterparts.
Law professor Robin Fretwell Wilson of Washington &#38; Lee University is the author of the study. She says her study indicates that &#8220;women can&#8217;t have it all because there is a social stigma to having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finale to Texas Embryo Case of Roman vs. Roman</title>
		<link>http://texasfamilylawblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/finale-to-texas-embryo-case-of-roman-vs-roman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Palmer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Case Law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Frozen Embryos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Roman vs. Roman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Augusta Roman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[embryos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Randy Roman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Roman v. Roman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Texas First Court of Appeals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Texas frozen embryos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Texas custody battle over frozen embryos is all but over. 
 You may recall the case of Roman v. Roman which got national attention earlier this year.  On February 4, 2004 after a bitter divorce trial,  Harris County (Houston) Judge Lisa Millard ruled that the embryos that a couple had frozen two years earlier should be awarded to the Nigerian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Court Judge Faces Recall Over Rulings</title>
		<link>http://texasfamilylawblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/family-court-judge-faces-recall-over-rulings/</link>
		<comments>http://texasfamilylawblog.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/family-court-judge-faces-recall-over-rulings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Palmer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Judges]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a story first published in the Sacramentao Bee, a California family court judge is facing a potential recall for allegedly posing danger to children and parents through his rulings from the bench. According to the recall petition, Judge Peter McBrien is purported to have placed children with sexually and physically abusive parents on two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Divorce Toxic To The Environment</title>
		<link>http://texasfamilylawblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/report-divorce-toxic-to-the-environment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Palmer</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[divorce and the environment]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[the environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Michigan State University study says the high rate of divorce is bad for the environment.
Although not groundbreaking in it&#8217;s conclusion, the report highlights an interesting relationship between social policy and environmental science.  It points out that two divorced households consume more water, energy and physical space than one married household.  Therefore, as divorce rates increase, so does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebutting the Community Property Presumption</title>
		<link>http://texasfamilylawblog.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/rebutting-the-community-property-presumption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Palmer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Case Law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Divorce]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[clear and convincing evidence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[texas community property]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Often times a party in a divorce wishes to have the court affirm the separate nature of a particular piece of property.  They must therefore overcome the presumption set up by the Texas Family Code that all property in a marriage is of a community nature.



     “Clear and Convincing Evidence” must be presented to rebut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professional Organizers Can Help In Texas Divorce Cases</title>
		<link>http://texasfamilylawblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/professional-organizers-can-help-in-texas-divorce-cases/</link>
		<comments>http://texasfamilylawblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/professional-organizers-can-help-in-texas-divorce-cases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Palmer</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Discovery]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Divorce]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Inventory and Appraisements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most dreaded aspects of divorce from a client&#8217;s point of view may be in completing the inventory and appraisement.
The &#8220;I&#38;A&#8221; is a sworn statement of all the assets and liabilities owned by the community estate or either party to a suit.  The filing of an inventory by each party prior to trial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>County Clerk Scams Quickie Divorce</title>
		<link>http://texasfamilylawblog.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/county-clerk-scams-quickie-divorce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Palmer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Divorce Scams]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are so many &#8220;get-divorced-quick&#8221; scams out there that it has become common place for people to shell out their money for bogus or at least dubious &#8220;divorce services&#8221;.  Now it appears that even the trusted clerks are in on the scamming. 
A Miami-Dade County employee was arrested Tuesday for running a quickie divorce scheme out of the clerk&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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