Divorce

The How and Why Behind Reimbursement Claims – Part III

Child Custody, Divorce, Family Law, Insights, MarriageJune 26, 2017

The How and Why Behind Reimbursement Claims – Part III – This blog is Part III of our ongoing conversation on reimbursement claims in divorce-related matters. In the first two parts of this series, we provided a general overview of what reimbursement claims are, followed by the first of three factors that must be established…

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The How and Why Behind Reimbursement Claims – Part II

Child Custody, Divorce, Family Law, Insights, MarriageJune 19, 2017

The How and Why Behind Reimbursement Claims – Part II Last week, we learned about reimbursement claims in divorce-related matters and that there are three factors that must be established by a spouse seeking reimbursement for contributions made to their former spouse’s estate. Per the Texas Family Code, those three factors are: That a contribution…

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The How and Why Behind Reimbursement Claims – Part I

Child Custody, Divorce, Family Law, Insights, MarriageJune 15, 2017

The How and Why Behind Reimbursement Claims – Part I Most everyone has heard of a reimbursement claim. They may not always enjoy going through the process – which can, at times, be quite convoluted – but they will if it means recouping qualifying expenses on anything from medical bills to insurance claims and even…

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Summary of Common Family Law Terms (Vol. VII)

Divorce, Family Law, Insights, MarriageJune 5, 2017

Summary of Common Family Law Terms (Vol. VII) We have discussed a great deal of family law terms over the last few years. And like we periodically do as part of this ongoing blog series, we’d like to take a brief timeout to look back on a some of the more noteworthy concepts from the…

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Decision Time: 2 Ways A Court Divides Community Qualified Private Retirement Benefits

Divorce, Family Law, Insights, MarriageJune 2, 2017

Decision Time: 2 Ways A Court Divides Community Qualified Private Retirement Benefits Now that the court hearing your divorce case has been presented with all the necessary evidence on the factors it must consider in making a just and right division of your retirement benefits, it’s finally time to determine how those benefits will be…

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Characterizing Qualified Private Retirement Benefits

Divorce, Family Law, Insights, MarriageMay 22, 2017

Characterizing Qualified Private Retirement Benefits – As we learned in our previous blog, the type of retirement plan one or both divorcing spouses participates in affects how the benefits associated with that retirement plan will be characterized, valued, and divided once the marriage is over. Dividing property is not always an easy process, and the…

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Defined Benefit vs Defined Contribution Retirement Plans

Divorce, Estate Planning, Family Law, InsightsMay 15, 2017

Defined Benefit vs Defined Contribution Retirement Plans – You’re probably asking yourself, “Why in the world would we write about retirement plans in a family law blog?” Well, when it comes to the just and right division of property between divorcing spouses, the type of plan one or both spouses participate in affects how benefits…

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Community Liabilities: 2 Methods to Accomplish Just and Right Division

Child Custody, Divorce, Family Law, Insights, MarriageMay 2, 2017

Community Liabilities: 2 Methods to Accomplish Just and Right Division – We learned in our previous two blogs what liabilities are and how the court goes about identifying and placing a value on those debts. We also learned each spouses’ role in the process and the factors could influence how a court assigns debt to…

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4 Factors Affecting The Division of Community Liabilities

Divorce, Family Law, Insights, MarriageApril 21, 2017

4 Factors Affecting The Division of Community Liabilities – When two people are getting divorced, the process of dividing community debts is treated the same as the court’s overall just and right division of the entire community estate. How that is accomplished, however, can depend on four key factors. First thing’s first: If you didn’t…

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Dividing and Confirming Liabilities

Divorce, Family Law, Insights, MarriageApril 18, 2017

Dividing and Confirming Liabilities – Just as a court has the authority to divide and confirm marital property, whether real or personal, it also has the say so in how spouses’ liabilities are divided and disposed of. This article will describe that process. But first, what are liabilities? Liabilities are debts that you owe to…

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