It is important to know what happens to your homestead residence if it was purchased prior to marriage and other assets formed into a trust before marriage without a prenuptial agreement. Separate property homestead residence Single most important event for leverage is who files their Divorce Petition first. If you file first, you are a [...]
Divorces with children are painful and emotional under the best of circumstances, but a divorce with a “Special Needs Child” is usually a very complex and mentally stressful situation for all family members involved. The main goal in a “Special Needs” divorce is that all decisions affecting a child with disabilities must be in [...]
Creating a Will is extremely important for individuals that have a sizable estate in the Dallas and DFW metroplex. Time and time again, individuals refuse to properly prepare for death and do not see the proper preparation of a legal and valid will as a necessity. When you refuse to prepare a Will, then your [...]
In Texas, adultery or infidelity may play a significant role in how a divorce unfolds, impacting asset division in a divorce and even custody issues to a certain extent. Here’s how adultery generally affects the divorce process in Texas: 1. Grounds for Divorce: No-Fault Divorce: Texas allows for “no-fault” divorces, where neither spouse has to [...]
If you are a Victim of Domestic Abuse, you must fight back! No one has the legal right to physically, mentally, or verbally abuse another individual! If you are a relative, friend or acquaintance of a potential victim or victims, please look for warning signs of abuse being committed on these people, asset legal defense [...]
In Texas, adultery or infidelity may play a significant role in how a divorce unfolds, impacting asset division in a divorce and even custody issues to a certain extent. Here’s how adultery generally affects the divorce process in Texas: 1. Grounds for Divorce: No-Fault Divorce: Texas allows for “no-fault” divorces, where neither spouse has to [...]
Creating a Will is extremely important for individuals that have a sizable estate in the Dallas and DFW metroplex. Time and time again, individuals refuse to properly prepare for death and do not see the proper preparation of a legal and valid will as a necessity. When you refuse to prepare a Will, then your [...]
Now is the time to review your 2024 Holiday Visitation Schedule with your children. Here is a reminder of the current Texas Family Law Code’s Standard Possession Order for the 2024 Holidays. Texas 2023 Family Law Code’s Standard Visitation Guidelines for Thanksgiving: The possessory conservator or non-primary conservator shall have possession of the child in [...]
Effective September 1, 2019 The Texas Child Support Division of the Attorney General increased the Maximum child Support under the Texas Child Support Guidelines from $8,550 to the “new cap”of net monthly resources to $9200 annually. This change in the law will increase the amount of maximum child support from of $1,710.00 to $1,840.00 monthly [...]
Creating a Will is extremely important for individuals that have a sizable estate in the Dallas and DFW metroplex. Time and time again, individuals refuse to properly prepare for death and do not see the proper preparation of a legal and valid will as a necessity. When you refuse to prepare a Will, then your [...]
