What Happens in a Texas Divorce? Texas Divorce Webinar Join Jill O'Connell in her upcoming Texas Divorce Basics Webinar on May 26, 2021 at 12 noon. This webinar will be for anyone who has questions about what happens in a Texas Divorce and is interested in learning the basics of a Texas Divorce. The topics [...]
Takeaways from Gates Divorce This week the news broke that Bill and Melinda Gates are getting divorced. What can you learn from the Gates divorce? While their divorce may feel very different from your divorce there are definitely some key points that everyone divorcing can remember, consider and apply in their divorce. I propose there [...]
Alternatives to Standard Possession Times A Texas parent (the possessory conservator) who is divorced or going through divorce can get frustrated with what they feel are the limits of the Texas Standard Possession schedule. I talk with parents who want to be very involved in their children’s lives and want more than 2 hours on [...]
Divorce Basics After Coronavirus It’s a year into the pandemic and our Texas divorces are moving through the new technological Texas court procedures pretty smoothly. There are some differences and new tools to learn, but it works well. In my experience, some of the changes work better than the systems Texas divorces had available before [...]
O’Connell Law Firm, P.C. Update As we finish February 2021, I’d like to give you an update on how we are working here in the office on cases including divorce and mediations following our winter storm event, power outages in Denton County, and the current coronavirus requirements and restrictions. Business Hours First of all, we [...]
How to get a divorce during coronavirus? How to get a divorce during a pandemic? How to get a divorce right now? If these questions all sound like questions about divorce that you’ve been asking yourself, keep reading. You may find out a few things you didn’t know about getting a divorce in Texas in [...]
Your divorce attorney says she needs your Financial Information Statement, the parenting class completion certificate, and you need to start your Inventory and Appraisement with all supporting documents. You think: What? Why? What are all these things? And, how am I any closer to getting divorced if I work on these? I just want to [...]
Strategies for Family Law and Divorce in the New Year The New Year is a good time to take a look at where you are and reassess your life progress and your goals. The end of the year and the Christmas and New Year holidays allow us all the time to enjoy traditions, family and [...]
Divorce is a journey and you are navigating new territory with new information and speaking a language that you don't fully understand while experiencing one of the most stressful things in a human's life. You need a divorce map. What is a divorce map? As with any map, you know where you are now, and [...]
John Wooden said ‘Make each day your masterpiece.’ If you don’t know John Wooden – google him. As a divorce lawyer and personally, I’m inspired by this concept – daily. This may seem like an odd quote to inspire me, a woman divorce and family law attorney – but it’s not. I grew up in [...]