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A Texas Supreme Court advisory board has begun debating forms aiming to make it easier and less expensive for poor Texans to get divorced. Board members on Friday heard testimony from proponents who ...

Just a day after the Texas Supreme Court approved pro se divorce forms for indigent couples with no children or real property, legal aid providers were already eagerly downloading them. Despite ...

Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson has asked lawmakers to delay taking action on House Bill 2878, which targets the controversial pro se divorce forms promulgated by the high court.