Who Gets the House in a Divorce in Texas: Essential Guide to Property Division
What You Should Know About Freezing Assets During a Divorce
Ending a marriage is a complicated process. It not only involves the termination of an important personal relationship. It also requires couples to contend with a host of related and complex issues. For instance, a couple will only be able to obtain a divorce after...
Moving Money, Assets, or Property Before Divorce
Deciding to end a marriage can give rise to a wide range of emotions, including resentment. Unfortunately, these feelings can lead divorcing spouses to do things that they would not usually be capable of, such as hiding or wasting marital assets. While this type of...
Unique Considerations in a Gray Divorce
Initially coined in 2004, the term Gray Divorce is used most often to describe divorces amongst couples who have been married for between 20 and 30 years. Gray divorces actually seem to be on the rise, with some research showing that although the overall divorce rate...
How to Handle Divorce Interrogatories
When dissolving a marriage, both parties to the divorce will be required to go through the discovery process. During this time, both parties and their legal teams will be able to request certain documentation, conduct depositions to collect evidence in support of...
What Happens to Rental Property During a Divorce
Texas is a community property state, which means that divorcing couples are required to divide all of their marital assets equally upon divorce. This applies to all marital property, or assets that were acquired during the course of a marriage, including the family...
All About Marriage Annulments in Texas
While many people are knowledgeable about the process of divorce in Texas, very few understand what it means to have a marriage annulled. When can you get an annulment in Texas? Unlike a divorce, where two spouses decide to end their marriage, an annulment in Texas...
Jury Trials in Texas Divorce and Child Custody Cases
For the majority of divorce cases and child custody matters in Texas, the judge will listen to arguments and make a decision on the case. Otherwise known as bench trials, these are the norm, but are divorces tried by a jury in Texas? While jury trials are uncommon for...
5 Things You Need to Know About Your Same Sex Divorce in Austin
For same sex couples who had waited several years to several decades for the momentous occasion, June 26, 2015 marked a long awaited date. The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) handed down its decision in a landmark case, ruling that the right to marry is...
Depression and Child Custody
In Austin, Texas, child custody disputes can become highly contentious. When one parent suffers from depression or mental illness, the situation becomes even more complex. Understanding how depression can affect child custody under Texas law is crucial for parents...
Texas Parental Kidnapping: What You Need to Know
It’s an unfortunate reality that many divorce cases and child custody disputes can lead to a hostile “tug-of-war” situation, as parents jockey to gain advantages in legal proceedings. They may resort to ulterior motives and the children are pawns in a game that no one...