Dissolving a marriage with children – a digestible overview – Let’s move on in the conversation of divorce suits that involve children and dive into the process itself. Not to worry, this blog is not meant to inundate you with too much information – just a digestible overview. As stated before, these suits can be…
Child-Custody determination – The plan for the next few blogs is to dive into divorce suits affecting the parent-child relationship. To this point we have mostly discussed suits that do not involve children. While painful in their own right, these suits keep the court from having to deal with a much bigger issue – your…
What Assets Are Part of Your Divorce and Which Ones Are Not Some states in the US are not community property states while others are. The State of Texas falls in the latter category. A community property state is one that accepts that all property that is made after the marriage is capable of being…
Summary of Common Family Law Terms (Vol. III) Let’s take a brief timeout and reflect on several important legal terms and phrases that have popped up in our blogs over the last few months. I do this because some of these terms have been discussed in broader detail, while others were mentioned in passing or…
Alimony defined – When a couple decides to go through the process of a divorce, there is a lot more that goes into it besides simply appearing before a judge, signing a piece of paper, and then going their separate ways. Depending on the case, there are division of property concerns, child custody issues and,…
Preparing for your day first day in a Family Law Court Going through a divorce is one thing and having to visit the court’s hearing is quite another. Family law courts are the place where your divorce cases are heard. They not only hear cases of divorce they are also the place where couples fight…
We are going to trial: How long does divorce take? When I was younger, I thought if two people wanted to get divorced, they could just go before a judge, sign a simple piece of paper, and be done with it. Even if the case went to trial – like the sensationalized court cases you…
Pretrial Motions: Before we go through with this divorce When most cases go to trial, whether that case be criminal or even civil in nature, there is time allotted for what are called pretrial motions. Motions are essentially boundaries, arguments or rules set in advance of an upcoming trial so that everyone is on the…
Divorce: Options to avoid a trial Not every divorce ends up like what has been sensationalized on television, with spouses going at each other like a pack of wild wolves. Sure, I’ve seen my share of contested divorce cases, but oftentimes, such proceedings can be resolved amicably – without reaching the courtroom. This blog will…
How to Keep Your Assets Safe during Divorce Once the two spouses have decided to divorce, the real fight between the two spouses will be centered on the division of their assets. Assets are the most hotly contested aspects in a divorce after child custody. Spouses are willing to go through leaps and bounds to…