No Texas couple goes into their marriage with the expectation that it will end in divorce. However, there is nothing wrong with putting protections into place for a possible future event. There are many financial and practical reasons why pre-& post-marriage...
Year: 2016
Who benefits from pre-& post-marriage agreements?
No Texas couple goes into their marriage with the expectation that it will end in divorce. However, there is nothing wrong with putting protections into place for a possible future event. There are many financial and practical reasons why pre-& post-marriage...
Divorce advice for people facing the end of their marriages
The end of a marriage brings many emotions and complex feelings. One might be relieved that the end of the hurt and pain is near, some people may feel incredibly sad and others might be completely blindsided by the divorce petition. Whatever a person may be...
Protect long-term interests and emotional well-being in divorce
It is always difficult when couples decide to end their marriage, and there are many complicated issues that must be resolved before everyone can move forward. Texas readers know that divorce, simply put, is complex and must be navigated with a strong post-divorce...
Understanding alimony: Who can qualify?
Financial worries loom large for many people facing divorce - especially if your spouse was the breadwinner. You may have been out of the workforce for years. Perhaps you quit your job to raise kids. Maybe an intervening disability has kept you from working. Or...
Divorce mediation can help achieve the desired outcome
Divorce is a complex process, one that involves many financial matters and emotional issues. As Texas readers know, the process can be stressful and lengthy, but divorce mediation may be a tool that can be leveraged for the benefit of all parties involved. Mediation...
If not collaborative divorce; what’s the alternative?
Our previous post sought to reinforce for readers that divorce is not always handled in quite the same way as it used to be. As we noted, Texas law, courts and attorneys have started to adjust to the reality that litigation isn't always best when it comes to resolving...
Collaborative law divorce may fit ‘personalization’ age
The rule of law is what we follow in Texas and the rest of the United States. What that means is that everyone is subject to the laws of the country and the state in which they live. No one is above the law and it's supposed to apply equally to all.The area of family...
The many types of adoption all require 1 thing; legal compliance
Uniformity of law is something many consider to be a good thing. It can be a difficult thing to achieve, though. Every state can make its own laws on any given issue and it's not unusual to find that statutes on the same subject differ from state to state.In the state...
Are all Texas parenting plans the same?
Parenting in many ways is an art. There are plenty of how-to books offering opinions about how to go about the task. In the end, however, every Texas family is different and parents have to decide for themselves if and how to collaborate and coordinate efforts to...