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What You Should Know About Separate Property

What You Should Know About Separate Property  As we’ve learned from previous articles, separate property belongs to one spouse – meaning, it was obtained before the marriage existed, received through inheritance, or as a gift. There is no split ownership between the spouses, and a court cannot legally award what already has been confirmed as…

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Decision Time: 3 Ways A Court Divides Community Property

Decision Time: 3 Ways A Court Divides Community Property Seldom can we make a decision in our personal lives – a good decision, anyway – without first having all the facts in front of us. Well the court system clearly works the same way, and now that the court hearing your divorce case has been…

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Property Division: How does a court determine what is Just and Right?

Property Division: How does a court determine what is Just and Right?  We have written many times about the phrase “just and right” in terms of the division and confirmation of marital property. That’s because unlike some states where community property is split evenly between both spouses, Texas is a community property state. Its courts…

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Valuing Marital Property – Fair Market vs Intrinsic Value

Valuing Marital Property – Fair Market vs Intrinsic Value Before a court can officially act on the division of marital property in any divorce case, a value must be placed on all spouses’ assets and liabilities. Having a value placed on property – even if it has been deemed one spouse’s separate property – allows…

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Summary of Common Family Law Terms (Vol. V)

Summary of Common Family Law Terms (Vol. V) We have discussed a great deal of family law terms over the last few months. Now it is time to take a brief timeout to look back on a some of the more noteworthy concepts I do this periodically because it’s not like this is everyday language.…

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Dividing and Confirming – A Digestible Overview

Dividing and Confirming – A Digestible Overview So you are getting divorced, and now the dreaded conversation of dividing up all that marital property – the house, land, retirement accounts, supposed separate property, etc. – is rearing its ugly head. Something has got to give, right? Which one of you is going to crack first?…

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Termination Suits

Termination Suits We’ve discussed in great detail the court’s commitment to protecting a child’s best interest when it comes to everything from a standard divorce to issues of conservatorship, possession and access, and parentage suits. Looking out for a child’s interest can also mean completely severing the parent-child relationship. In this blog, we will attempt…

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The ‘Why’ and ‘How’ behind parentage suits

The ‘Why’ and ‘How’ behind parentage suits Growing up, I always had my mother and father to rely on. They were there for me when I came home from school, they took care of me when I was sick and, more importantly, they provided me a loving home to live in. Even when they eventually…

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Summary of Common Family Law Terms (Vol. IV)

Summary of Common Family Law Terms (Vol. IV) It’s that time again where we take a timeout from my open-ended series of family law blogs. This allows us to reflect on several important legal terms and concepts we’ve discussed over the last few months. I do this because, well, it’s not like this is everyday…

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Best interest of the child – A court’s decision

Best interest of the child – A court’s decision In a divorce, it can often feel like everyone involved thinks they have all the answers – even when it comes to deciding what is in the best interest of the child. Whether it’s the parents themselves, or immediate family members, everyone’s got an opinion on…

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