One of the more contentious parts of some divorces is the identification and division of marital property.
Divorce lawyers find that in some difficult cases, spouses who cannot agree on what constitutes marital property or how it should be handled will squander those assets before the divorce is finalized.
Texas [...]
One of the protective orders that divorce lawyers come across while representing clients is the temporary order, usually signed by a judge while the divorce case is ongoing.
Attorneys find that many people do not fully understand the purpose of these orders and what they are meant to protect.
Temporary orders [...]
Getting divorced is never easy and the process alone can be challenging.
There are plenty of divorce lawyers out there who can help clients through their divorces, but only some lawyers are good ones for that specific client.
That is because every person that divorce attorneys help and every situation [...]
Generally speaking, divorces are public domain, meaning that all records pertaining to the divorce are openly available to all in the name of transparency and accountability.
Still, there are times when divorce lawyers receive requests from their clients to keep certain records private.
Though divorce law firms do not have [...]
When parents divorce and then remarry, one of the problems that many divorce lawyers see them dealing with is the challenge of merging a blended family.
Attorneys who help their clients plan for a divorce understand that for some, bringing two families together under one roof can be difficult, especially [...]
A common myth believed by many is that filing for divorce first has some kind of effect on the outcome, giving the filer some kind of advantage; however, what your divorce lawyer will tell you is that in most cases, this is false.
While divorce attorneys agree there might be [...]
A challenging and sometimes contentious part of many divorces is the division of marital assets.
As many divorce lawyers can attest, part of the challenge is actually finding those assets and then once they are discovered, valuing them.
Texas is a community property state, so locating all marital assets to [...]
As if the COVID-19 pandemic were not causing enough chaos in America due to the numbers falling ill and the way shutdowns are affecting millions of families, divorce attorneys are seeing another ugly trend - a dramatic increase in domestic violence and child abuse.
With families confined together for so long [...]
Grandchildren have special relationships with their grandparents.
When grandparents divorce in what is called by many divorce lawyers as a gray divorce, it is important to understand how it can affect grandkids.
Though gray divorce is fairly under-recognized, it can be especially emotional since it can affect multiple generations.
To [...]
