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Characterizing Business Interests
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Characterizing Business Interests – Building my family law firm from the ground up has been extremely challenging. It has also been just as rewarding. Like me, all good business owners have poured their heart and soul, and countless hours, into starting something they can call their own – thus building something of both meaning and…

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Characterizing Life And Casualty Insurance
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Characterizing Life And Casualty Insurance – As I have mentioned in previous blogs, there is a method to which all property –including income from various sources – is characterized as either separate or community property. Last week, I focused a blog on characterizing work income. Today, it is Life and Casualty Insurance. I find the…

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Characterizing work income
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Characterizing work income – Based on what you know thus far about characterization of property, would you say income – whether it be that of your spouse or your own – is separate property or community property? Don’t jump to an answer too fast. Think about it, because not all answers for this topic are…

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Burden of proof – Clear and convincing evidence
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Burden of proof – Clear and convincing evidence – In a continuation of the “yours versus mine” community-property debate, I am going to spend this blog talking about the burden of proof spouses have in establishing separate ownership of property. Remember that the Texas Family Code presumes all property possessed by either spouse during or…

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Open Adoption-Pros and Cons
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Open Adoption-Pros and Cons – Giving your child away for adoption, be it for any reason, can be a little tough for birth mothers. Nowadays, the agencies and parents are encouraging open adoptions. However, there have been heated debates between attorneys and agencies on pros and cons of open adoptions. Open adoptions can be both…

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What do we mean by Community-Property State?
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What do we mean by Community-Property State? – If you have lived in Texas for a while, then it is a safe bet you have heard the term community-property state thrown around a time or two. That term is so commonplace that it’s likely most family law attorneys assume everyone knows what it means. But…

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Establishing what is yours, and what is mine
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Establishing what is yours, and what is mine – Because Texas is a community-property state, most property acquired during a marriage is considered jointly owned by both spouses and is divided upon divorce, annulment or death. But as we alluded to in our last blog, establishing ownership of ALL real and personal property from a…

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