Couples who have accumulated more resources during their marriages often have a more difficult process when they decide to divorce. More assets to divide will mean more financial terms to negotiate and more resources to disclose and value. People may disagree about...
You’re getting married, and you know that you plan to have children in the future. You want to make sure that your future with those children is always secure and that you get to spend time with them. You also know that divorce is fairly common and that you and your...
In theory, Texas state law grants both spouses a right to a fair share of their marital estate. Community property laws generally render all income earned and assets acquired during the marriage the joint property of both spouses. If spouses cannot reach a mutual...
You want a divorce, but your spouse – for whatever reason – doesn’t want to admit that the marriage is over. That’s made negotiating an end to your relationship particularly difficult, if not impossible. You’ve been stuck at a stalemate for months now, with no sign of...
Sharing custody of minor children is often a real challenge for parents. Frequently seeing one another to exchange children can provoke emotional reactions, and having limited access to the children whom a parent loves is never easy. Some parents in Texas who are...
Children who are learning how to live in two homes because of their parents’ divorce will look to those adults for stability. In some cases, these children will have the benefit of their parents being able to work as a true parenting team through co-parenting. It...
Having your spouse suggest marriage counseling can feel like a painful slap in the face, especially if you thought that your relationship was in a good place previously. Thanks in no small part to how movies and television shows use marriage counseling as a way to...
Prenuptial agreements have played a role in modern marriage for decades, but they were once Niche documents only executed by those with significant personal wealth or a high-profile position in the public eye. That has changed with the increase in overall divorce...
Every paycheck that you have brought home has helped contribute toward the house where you live. Your monthly mortgage payments could be as much as 30% of your combined income, and you may also have contributed a lot of sweat equity by helping to maintain and fix up...
Your Texas custody order technically determines most of the details about your relationship with your children. From when you get to see them to how much support you receive or pay, the Texas family courts determine those responsibilities based on your family's...
