Two Texas statutes address how lawsuits may be served on financial institutions that act as fiduciaries, and we granted review to determine which one applies. One statute is section 17.028 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code, which provides that citation may be served on a financial institution by serving its “registered agent.”

The other statute is Chapter 505 of the Estates Code, which provides that a foreign corporate fiduciary—which can be a financial institution—must appoint the Secretary of State…

These days a large majority of divorce and family law litigants are unrepresented by counsel. Can you represent yourself? Should you?

In the final analysis, the fundamental question in this dispute between the child's two parents is this: What matters more to each of them, his or her own interests or those of their child? On one hand, there is the defendant father, who is unable to offer any reasonable, let alone compelling, reason why he should not be vaccinated or even undergo testing, resisting *708 both simply because he sees it as his “right” to do so. On the other hand, there is the plaintiff mother, who is fully vaccinated and observant of COVID-19 protocols, seeking the imposition of reasonable conditions on defendant's access not because it somehow benefits her, but because it serves to protect the health, safety, and well-being of the child.

Law firm jobs, especially those of paralegals, are not without challenges…

Disregard what you’ve learned in so-called corporate “soft skills” classes. Proving that you’re listening, and sincerely understand the perspectives of others—whether you may agree or not —is among the most challenging skills for most.

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