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...
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Child support obligations and visitation rights
As a parent, you need to carefully work through the divorce process, especially when it comes to legal issues involving children, such as child support and visitation. Moreover, you have to understand your rights and options if challenges arise after the divorce is...
Who pays for extracurricular activities after divorce?
If you are going through a divorce, you may worry about how the end of your marriage may affect your children's academic performance. Your fears may be valid, according to a UCLA-led study. The study found kids with divorced parents tend to have lower high school...
The potential effects of bankruptcy on child support
When parents decide they no longer belong together as a couple, their top priority is the care and health of their children. In Texas, as everywhere in the nation, one parent will probably be paying child support as indicated by an agreement between the parents or by...
Mediation may be beneficial when dividing up property
There are many aspects to a divorce, and couples who have been together for a while may have built up numerous and significant assets. Trying to decide how to divide everything up in one of the bigger challenges in many divorce proceedings. In a traditional court...
What is the better parent standard regarding child custody?
There are so many issues for parents to iron out when they have made the decision to divorce. One of the most important decisions Texas couples must make concerns child custody. If the end of the marriage comes with contentious issues, it could mean that one parent...
How to overcome fears of a prenuptial agreement
Many people considering marriage share a reluctance to discuss a prenuptial agreement. After all, talking about how to dissolve a binding relationship just as it begins can seem like a cynical approach. A bit of solid information about this topic goes a long way and...
Discovering all assets in a high asset divorce
When a couple has a lot of assets and they decide their marriage is no longer working, what they’re worth is likely the last thing on their minds -- at least in the beginning. But when Texas couples come to terms with the divorce and begin thinking about assets, there...
Saying “I do” to prenuptial agreements
A wedding is such a joyous occasion with the couple busy planning and taking care of arrangements. Even though it’s a busy time, engaged Texas couples should pause and consider the less romantic, but equally important aspects of their marriages, particularly the legal...
Reducing the costs of a high asset divorce
Getting unhitched can be expensive, especially if the couple has been married for many years and is financially well off. Texas couples going through a high asset divorce may find it hard on the pocketbook for a number of reasons. If children are involved and valuable...

