Protecting Assets in Divorce There are two primary parts of divorce law. One part, that is in every divorce, is the area of property, including assets and liabilities. The other part of divorce law is when there are children involved – and not every divorce has children involved. But every divorce will deal with some [...]
3 Reasons to Ask Divorce Questions I was reading an article recently that really made an impression on me. The writer was talking about the fear of asking questions. He talked about how it affects us when we are in a public setting but also in just about any situation. And, I think his [...]
3 Reasons to Love Summer Possession Time After Divorce If you are a divorced parent or have temporary orders in a divorce that is pending you likely have an order that has some kind of extended summer time with your kids. If you have Standard Possession no matter what type of conservator you are you [...]
3 Unique Child Support Situations When people reach agreements in divorce, they are able to customize certain parts of their case. One of the areas we most commonly tailor for clients is parenting time or their possession schedule. When that happens and the agreed possession schedule differs from Standard Possession, you may wonder what happens [...]
Summer Possession Options in Texas Summer time can be a challenge or an opportunity. In a Texas divorce, the Family Code possession schedule has one type of schedule for the school year and includes longer periods of time with each parent for the summer. And, if the schedule the Family Code contains doesn’t look like [...]
3 Ways to Simplify Your Divorce Learn – Simplify Your Divorce When you have decided that divorce is the solution to your situation it is time to begin working. It is time to find out as much information about your marital estate, your separate estate if you have one, any and all debts, your [...]
Uncontested Divorce We get a lot of calls in the office from people who tell us they have an uncontested divorce. Truth is, they don’t all have uncontested divorces, for lots of different reasons that we’re not going to go into today. But that brings me to this question -what is an uncontested divorce? Is [...]
Am I Married? A question in any divorce: when were you married? If you're not married, you don't need a divorce. Seems obvious, but the answer isn't always obvious. Sometimes, the first question is: ‘Am I Married?”. So, let’s start there today on this discussion of some divorce basics. Valid Marriage [...]
Divorce Basics – Step by Step Divorce isn’t easy, but knowing more about divorce basics and the process can make it easier to understand. I try to give my clients a good amount of information to help them throughout the divorce process but not overload them. I give it to them from the beginning [...]
Everything will be divided 50/50, right? One of the questions that I hear a lot, both in the office and in casual conversations is about dividing property in a divorce. When people are talking about divorce the question ‘how is everything going to be divided 50/50?' always seems to get asked. The answer to that [...]