What if You Don’t Want a Divorce? January of each new year finds many couples considering divorce. Some spouses will be looking for divorce information to continue their decision-making process. Some spouses will have made the decision to move ahead with divorce. Some spouses will have been on the receiving end of a divorce decision. [...]
4 Things to Know about A Flat Fee Divorce Four things to know about flat fees, fixed fees, and flat rate divorces before you get started in a divorce and before you sign a fee agreement with a divorce attorney. 1. No Surprise Fees or Costs When someone has a flat fee, a flat [...]
Divorce Tips For Parents in the Spring Late February through March tend to be the time of year when parents take a minute and catch their breath. As a mom when my kids were in grade school through high school after Valentine’s Day there was a feeling of ‘we made it!’ with school. We [...]
When you are going through a divorce you are going to be bombarded with divorce information and divorce advice. Free divorce advice is everywhere. And, free divorce advice is generally worth what you paid for it. Your free divorce advice could come from your friends, your family, your co-workers and all the social media sources [...]
Calculating Child Support Texas Child Support Child support might be feared, anticipated, calculated and discussed in your divorce and in the years after your divorce – depending on who you are. Are you the paying parent? Are you the receiving parent? This post is designed to give you a starting point for understanding how your [...]
Texas Divorce Trial Despite your best efforts at reaching an agreement with your soon to be ex-spouse, you may find yourself discussing possible trial dates with your lawyer. No Agreement It is possible, although not likely, that all of your attempts to reach a negotiated agreement in your Texas divorce with the other side aren’t [...]
Information Gathering Stage - Navigating Divorce When you are navigating divorce the second part of the Texas divorce is the information gathering stage. You and your divorce attorney will begin discussing and working on gathering information about your finances including income and debts, property, accounts and other information. And, you will exchange some information [...]
Back to School Divorce Fails It is that time of year that makes most parents happy and most kids sad, whether you're a divorced parent or not. Summer is over. School is starting in Denton County, Texas. It is starting this week. This time of year can be both the best of time and the [...]
Texas Divorce Divorce can be difficult, stressful, frightening and many other things. But, what happens in your divorce doesn't have to be a mystery. There are generally four parts, stages if you will, in your Texas divorce. Pleadings Stage The first part of the divorce in Texas is the Pleadings time. The first pleading to [...]
Grounds for Divorce The Original Petition for Divorce is the pleading (the filed document) that starts divorce in Texas. The Original Petition for Divorce must include several things according to the Texas Family Code. One of the elements that must be included is the “why” the court may grant a divorce. The “why” is a [...]