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• Bar Task Force to Study Issues Related to Indigent Pro Se Litigants Texas Lawyer The State Bar of Texas has created a task force to study issues related to indigent pro se litigants after controversy reached a crescendo in mid-January over a Texas Supreme Court effort to make pro se divorce forms. On Jan.

• Texas Supreme Court at Odds With State Bar Courthouse News Service By DAVID LEE DALLAS (CN) - The Texas Supreme Court rejected a request by the Texas State Bar to stop work on uniform divorce forms for use by pro se litigants. Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson wrote to State Bar President Bob Black that work on the ...

• Houston homicide investigator relived of duty after bigamy allegations Houston Chronicle Sarah Rivas Gunter and David Gunter were granted a divorce Jan. 20. Sarah Rivas Gunter's divorce attorney, Karen Rundlof , declined to comment about the case. According to Texas law, people accused of bigamy can mount a defense by claiming they could ... and more »

• Court Won't Suspend Task Force's Work on Pro Se Divorce Forms Texas Lawyer The Texas Supreme Court has rejected a request by the State Bar of Texas board of directors to suspend the work of the Uniform Forms Task Force, which recommended forms for pro se litigants to use in uncomplicated, uncontested divorce cases. and more »

• Kristine Osorio: On Verge of Divorce, Stardom The Hollywood Gossip We're not sure if we'd recommend the route Kristine Osorio took to arrive in Texas for season 11 auditions on American Idol. This single mother of three took out a loan to help pay for a divorce attorney... and then used those funds instead on a plane ... and more »

• Easier Divorces? KTSM News Channel 9 By Staff Texas may get a new form that makes it easier and cheaper for Texas couples to get divorced. Every year thousands of Texans tie the knot, in hopes of a happily ever after. And for those who don't stay together until death do them part, ...

• Divorce forms a step closer to reality Austin News AUSTIN (KXAN) - It's a complicated issue, divorce. Dividing property, deciding the future of children's lives -- while handling the pain and anger that usually goes along with it -- is a stressful process at best. In the mix are courts and attorneys ... and more »

• Daily Caller

  Texas Supreme Court may make getting a divorce as easy as filling out a form Daily Caller Now, the task force has created divorce forms that, once approved by the Supreme Court, would be accepted in any Texas court. Some lawyers who practice family law argue that the legal system is too complicated to be handled with just a form. and more »

• Business Insider

  The Texas Supreme Court Wants To Make Getting A Divorce As Easy As Filling Out ... Business Insider Now, the task force has created divorce forms that, once approved by the Supreme Court, would be accepted in any Texas court. Some lawyers who practice family law argue that the legal system is too complicated to be handled with just a form. and more »

• Draft Forms for Pro Se Divorce Litigants Create Controversy Law.com Family lawyers are used to dealing with highly charged disputes. But now some are escalating their own fight. The State Bar of Texas Family Law Section wants to put the brakes on draft forms for pro se divorce litigants and is calling for the State Bar ...

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