In a divorce, your biggest financial fight is always going to be over whose property is whose. Identifying separate property seems simple, but proving it to a court of law in a contentious divorce is a much heavier lift than most people realize. Establishing your...
We’ve all seen it in legal dramas. The actors throw around the word “discovery” to scare opposing counsel like it’s a terrifying process. While dealing with discovery is time consuming and can involve a lot of work, it becomes significantly less intimidating with some...
Divorce is a life experience that can reshape everything—your routines, your relationships, your sense of identity. Even when it’s the right decision, it is still deeply hard. This emotional life event can often spill into a habit many of us already have- using...
The end of a marriage is always difficult, regardless of whether it is a mutual decision to divorce, one that you have made for yourself and your family, or one that has been thrust upon you, with or without advance warning. In any scenario, divorcing will be...
In family law cases involving children, the legal standard on which Texas courts rely is the “best interest of the child.” While this phrase may sound self-explanatory, it is actually a legal standard that involves many factors and considerations. Courts do not rely...
In Texas, cryptocurrency and other digital assets acquired during the marriage are considered marital property, subject to the same community property laws as traditional assets. The unique challenges with cryptocurrency in a divorce lawsuit relate to the tracing and...
In movies, TV, and sad country songs, one party to a divorce is often depicted as having “lost” the house in their divorce. While this depiction can be effective in portraying a character, it is rarely true to life. In reality, there are two likely outcomes regarding the marital residence in a divorce. Selling the House The first and fairly…
In Texas, child support is calculates based on the paying parent’s “monthly net resources” and a formula to determine the guideline child support amount that should be paid. Recently the cap (or maximum) on the monthly net resources of the paying parents was updates to $11,700. This change affects the guideline child support amounts and is important to both paying…
A divorce can have an impact on children, and you can dramatically reduce your child’s pain by making their well-being your top priority. Read along for some helpful tips on how to proceed through this life transition while also prioritizing your child’s needs. Provide Therapy for the Child The introduction of the unknown may cause children to begin to feel…
Did you know that the U.S. Census Department released a 2021 report showing that 34.9% of yearly divorces involved couples aged 55 years or older? This has been coined the “Gray Divorce” by The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) to describe divorces involving individuals 50 years or older. The Gray Divorce often involves couples who have been married for…