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Legal changes to Second-Parent Adoption in Texas

Recent changes in Texas law expedite, simplify, and reduce the cost of the second-parent adoption process for some same-sex couples. Second-parent adoption, which refers to adoption of a child by a same-sex couple, is recommended to ensure legal recognition of the parent-child relationship between the non-biological parent and the child. As part of the adoption […]

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What is a Trust?

Most people have heard of trusts but few know exactly what they are. So, what is a trust? A trust is a method of ownership of property that divides management of trust property from ownership of trust property. The trustee holds trust property for the benefit of a beneficiary. The trustee has the fiduciary duty

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DSHS Announces Equal Policies for Vital Records, Birth Certificates

Since the Supreme Court ruling on marriage in June, I have been working with several other attorneys on getting the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to update their policies to make them consistent with those of opposite-sex couples with regard to vital records, including birth certificates and death certificates. In August, DSHS released new regulations allowing

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