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KTRH-740 AM in Houston recently interviewed Cordell & Cordell Houston divorce attorney Bryan Abercrombie in a story about how millennials are reducing the divorce rate.

According to national statistics, younger people are delaying the  years before they get married, often choosing to attain advanced education and build up a financial nest egg before tying the knot, or even forgoing marriage all together.

Millennials also cohabitate more than previous generations, sometimes with children. When those relationships do not work out, there is not a need for a legal separation or divorce, but that does not mean they do not have any legal issues to sort through.

“I think, overall, we’ve seen a decline in the divorces for younger folks, but I think there are still the same number of child-custody type cases,” Mr. Abercrombie said.

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Cordell & Cordell Litigation Partner Bryan Abercrombie recently appeared on 740 KTRH-Houston to discuss a new child custody trend referred to as “bird nesting.”

Rather than shuffling the children back and forth between two households, the parents will trade turns moving in and out of one household, depending on whose time it is to have the kids.

“A lot of times they will try it, so it gets the kids more used to spending time with one parent for a period of time, then spending time with the other parent a period of time,” said Mr. Abercrombie, who works out of the firm’s office in The Woodlands.

The “nesting agreement” is not court-ordered, and it requires a lot of flexibility between the couple.

“On a short-term basis, it does provide some flexibility,” he said. “The biggest thing is that if you don’t want to uproot your kids, it does provide stability and consistency.

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Any number of issues can end up getting contentious during the divorce process. More and more, divorcing couples are fighting over custody of the family pet.

Although pets are often considered part of the family by their adoring owners, in family court they are typically defined as property, according to Cordell & Cordell Texas family law attorney Bryan Abercrombie, who recently was interviewed about the topic on KTRH 740 AM-Houston.

“Most of the time people make their peace with one person getting the dog or cat,” Mr. Abercrombie said, “but sometimes, they really do love their fur babies.”

Even though people have a personal and emotional connection with their pets, the family dog or cat is treated like any other piece of property in family court.

“Normally, when people divide personal property they’ll take what’s in their possession, and sometimes there are listings of specific property that go to the husband or wife,” Mr. Abercrombie said. “But for the most part, people take what’s in their possession, so if you have possession of the dog, you’re going to keep the dog.”

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