Legal Separation or Divorce? Which is the better choice, a legal separation or a divorce? The question of choosing a legal separation instead of divorce is an easy question in Texas. Texas doesn’t have legal separation and only has divorce. Here are a few things about legal separation and divorce in Texas. Texas Family Code [...]
Finishing Your Divorce -You Can See the Finish Line! After a hearing or mediation, my clients appear to experience some form of relief. Relief because everything is finished either by agreement or by decision of the Judge or maybe because they got what they wanted and sometimes the relief isn't because they got what they [...]
Setting Goals for your Family Law or Divorce Case You never thought you’d end up in a divorce or family law case. You don’t know how it happened that you are at this point in your life. Or maybe you do know what happened, how and when everything happened that created the story that led [...]
How to Avoid Family Law and Divorce Possession Issues Divorce and family law issues are hard enough without having to fight about possession times and schedules. Here are 5 tips to help you avoid possession issues in your family law or divorce case. 1) Read and know your possession schedule. Both divorce and other family [...]
We are moving to a new office! I am very happy to announce that we are moving to a new location that will be more convenient to Lewisville, Flower Mound, Little Elm and Frisco. And, we will still be convenient to Denton, Corinth, Sanger and Shady Shores! Beginning Monday, December 2nd, our new address [...]
Tips to working on Financial Issues in Divorce Tips for financial issues in divorce can help in every divorce. Each one has some financial considerations to it – agreed divorces and those fought out in litigation. And, each one has questions and answers that are specific to that couple alone. But, there are some [...]
Divorce Questions from a Mom A few weeks ago I talked about some of the questions that Dads have when they come into my office. Today I’m going to address some of the questions that Moms ask me about divorce and the topics that Moms ask me. If you are [...]
Basics of Texas Divorce What does it take to get divorced in Texas? To get divorced in Texas you need at least these three things: a valid marriage, to have lived in Texas for 6 months and, to have lived in the county that where you want to file for divorce for 90 days. [...]
Top 3 Questions from Dads in Divorce Have you seen or heard the ads for men going through divorce? I’ve seen and heard quite a few ads directed at men who are going through divorce. It is interesting and a bit odd to me, because not all men have the same concerns any more than [...]
Everybody has seen a courtroom on movies and television, but when it is time to go to the courthouse for the first time, it can be a nervous time, let alone being worried about what is going to happen in your hearing or trial. Add that worry to it and we get a lot of [...]