Rochelle, TX Divorce Law Firms & Lawyers

Generally speaking each state has its own residency requirement for the filing of a dissolution action. In Arizona if a party has resided in the state for 90 days that individual may file a petition for dissolution. The more difficult question may revolve around property or the appropriate jurisdiction for entry of orders regarding children You should consult with an experienced family law attorney in your area to review jurisdiction questions.

In order to enforce a court order by contempt of court, the order typically must be signed and the party against whom the order is being enforced must have actual notice of its contents.In divorce cases, the written temporary order memorializing the associate judge's rulings at the temporary order hearing is typically prepared by the petitioner/movant's attorney and circulated to the respondent's attorney to be approved as to form or to make any objections within a couple of days after the temporary order hearing. If there are no objections to the form of the order, it is typically signed by the judge within a week of the hearing.  A temporary visitation order can also be enforced by means other than contempt of court, for example by giving make-up visitation time to the parent deprived of a scheduled visit.Sometimes, for strategic reasons, it is unwise to ask the court to strictly enforce a court order against the other party because the violation itself might be evidence of something you want to show the court about the other party that may enhance your case or weaken their case.  

Texas Family code (which is the binding law but no the Texas Constitution) 2.401 provides the elements of proof of an informal marriage. If you agreed to be married, lived together as husband and wife in Texas, and represented to others that you were married, then you are married. If this woman has remarried without divorcing you, her second marriage is invalid. There's a burden of proof here, though - you have to prove each element - the initial agreement to marry and the representing to others that you are married ("holding out") has to be open and public - saying you are married sometimes and other times not might not cut it. And lastly, why would you care.