One of the most challenging aspects of divorce is the effect it has on your children. Even when it is in their best interest, your children will most likely experience a wide range of negative effects after hearing the news. Fortunately, breaking the news of divorce...
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How is a prenup different from a postnup?
More couples are looking to safeguard their marriages financially. Although it doesn’t sound very romantic, it might be one of the most loving things soon-to-be spouses and married couples in Texas can do for each other. Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements (prenups...
Divorce trend changes over the years
In what used to be called the good old days, people married and stayed married no matter what the circumstances. That is certainly not always true today, and divorce has become a common part of society -- or has it? Texas residents, like everyone in the country, often...
Can Texas grandparents petition for child visitation rights?
When Texas couples divorce, the ripples of the aftermath tends to affect more than the immediate family. Grandparents often feel the impact, especially when one parent wants to cut off contact once the divorce is complete. The Attorney General of Texas notes that the...
Should you try nesting?
As parents, you want what is best for your children no matter what. As ex-spouses, you want to get some time and distance from one another in order to start recovering from the very difficult process of a divorce. Sometimes, these two desires and needs pose a conflict...
The intersection of money and divorce
Money issues seem to rear their heads even when a couple is in a good financial place. There could be many reasons wealth becomes a contentious issue. It could be that some Texas couples don’t agree on what to do with the money -- how it should be invested or spent....
How to reinforce your prenup’s protections on future income
Before you marry, you may wish to draft a prenuptial agreement. Perhaps you know you will be coming into a lot of wealth and you do not want to lose much of it in a divorce. With a prenuptial agreement, you may designate this future income as separate property so a...
How assets are divided in a Texas divorce
There is so much on the table when a couple decides to divorce. And there is so much a couple may not understand about the divorce process in Texas, including issues that go along with property division. Are there certain situations that impact who receives which...
Petitioning for sole child custody
Parents who are divorcing likely had many things that weren’t working out for them and issues they couldn’t agree upon. When a marriage doesn’t work out and there are children involved, one parent may be aiming to get sole child custody. However, in Texas that parent...
What does a Standard Possession Order provide for?
When you divorce in Texas, you and your soon-to-be former spouse can construct your children's custody arrangement, parenting time and visitation schedule. If you cannot agree on such a plan, however, the Texas Court System explains that the judge in your case will...
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