Texas Drunk Drivers Beware! Starting September 1, 2023, a new Texas law will go into effect that will help minor child/ren victims of the drunk drivers who kill their parents and are convicted of the offense of intoxication manslaughter under Texas Penal Code 49.08. Texas House Bill Number 393 will allow mandatory restitution in the form of monthly child support payments to the minor child/ren until they turn age 18 or graduate from high school. The courts will determine an amount that is rea...
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Beginning January 1, 2021, the Texas Supreme Court began requiring litigants in certain Civil and Family cases to automatically provide certain information and documents to the other side. In an effort to promote the prompt, efficient, and cost-effective resolution of civil actions filed in county courts at law in which the amount in controversy does not exceed $250,000, the Texas State Legislature enacted Senate Bill SB 2342 which required the Supreme Court to amended Rules 47, 169, 190, 192...

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