Jennifer Ray’s Legal Blog

What happens to a divorce lawsuit when one party dies before the divorce is finalized…Naturally, this does not occur often but does come up from time to time.  Interestingly, the Texas Family Code does not address this issue.  Therefore, I had to consult case law to determine the outcome.  If the presiding court has rendered […]

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The Baby Grace murder trial has begun recently in Galveston County.  The step-father, Royce Zeigler II, will be tried separately.  Right now, the state is prosecuting the child’s mother, 20 year old Kimberly Dawn Trenor, for involvement in this heinous crime.  Trenor is testifying that she and her husband beat the child to teach her manners […]

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Texas Governor Rick Perry is advocating for a tuition freeze to help students with college costs.  He is proposing that students’ college tuition be frozen for four years at the level he or she pays as entering as a freshman.  Perry stated “this will help Texas families plan while giving students another incentive to finish on […]

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Crimestoppers is offering a $5,000.00 reward for information to aid in the search for 25 year old black male, Jeremy Bryant Booker.  Booker was accused of participating in two dog fights in the Houston area last year.  Texas Department of Public Safety, US Department of Agriculture, and the Harris County District Attorney’s office conducted an investigation […]

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A 107-year old Chinese woman has decided to look for her first husband.  Wang Guiying was afraid to marry when she younger after witnessing her uncles and other men scold and beat their wives.  She reports that all the married people around her lived like that and she therefore found marriage “too frightening.”  So why […]

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