Greek Philosopher Heraclitus once astutely observed, “There is nothing permanent except change.” Texas family law has proved no exception to this sage wisdom. What will 2019 hold for the practice of family law? There are two possible major developments, one that could come on the legislative front, and another that could come from the Supreme Court of Texas and Courts of Appeal.
First, the Texas Legislature is convening again in 2019 for the 86th Regular Legislative Session, and that always spells potential changes—good and bad—for the Family Code, most of the time, the Family Law Bar seems to be fending off problematic legislation. Every session, there are plenty of well-intended bills and proposals introduced that could have a bad effect in the practice of family law. These include: removing no fault divorce/requiring proof of fault grounds, extending the waiting period to file or finalize a divorce, as well as various other noble ideas that could result in increasing the cost of litigation, increasing the pain caused in divorce, and lengthening an already stressful process to consumers of the family law system.
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