Who Gets the House in a Divorce in Texas: Essential Guide to Property Division
Divorce With a Business Involved Texas
Divorce is far from rare. The Texas Department of Health Services reports that there are more than 75,000 divorces in the state each year. Despite being relatively common, going through a marital separation is never easy for the couple that is involved in it. Every...
Can I Ask For My Ex to Get Supervised Visitation in Texas?
It’s difficult when a marriage ends. Most of us go into marriage thinking it will last forever. Once we become parents, we have images of living happily ever after with our spouse and kids. Many of us would like to grow old with the person we picked as our partner....
How Will My Spouse’s BPD Impact our Child Custody Battle?
Child custody battles are incredibly difficult times for parents going through divorce. When one parent has borderline personality disorder (BPD), the situation is even more strenuous and unpredictable. If your circumstances involve a spouse with borderline...
Quit Claim Deeds in Divorce
One of the most common questions in Texas divorce cases is, “How do I get my name off the mortgage when the other party gets real estate in the final decree?” The answer comes down to executing a quitclaim deed in divorce proceedings, but there are many additional,...
Temporary Orders in a Texas Divorce
The Texas divorce process can take quite some time from the date of filing your petition to the final decree. At a minimum, your case could be pending in court for a few weeks; in hotly contested matters, completing the entire divorce process could even take years....
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...