Property Division

Navigating a divorce is never easy. Any individual who is in the process of divorcing in Texas will know that making sure all matters related to property division, child custody and visitation, and more are addressed is a tremendous responsibility, as that person's...

Last time, we left off discussing the issue of coercion and fraud in the negotiation of marital agreements. Involuntariness and failure to disclose assets and liabilities can also occur in prenuptial agreement negotiations, of course, and it is important for all...

We’ve been looking in recent posts at the topic of keeping separate property separate in marriage as a way to protect one’s assets in the event of divorce. Then, in our last post, we began to look at using marital agreements to protect separate property...

Many of our readers have heard of the increasing popularity of prenuptial agreements to protect property from division in the event of divorce. As useful as prenuptial agreements are, though, not every couple has the foresight to negotiate such an agreement prior to...

We’ve been looking in recent posts at steps that can be taken to protect assets from divorce by couples who, for one reason or another, do not have a prenuptial agreement. Last time, we spoke in particular about the importance of avoiding commingling of separate...

In our last post, we began looking at the issue of protecting one’s property from divorce. As we noted, one of the most effective ways to do this is to carefully negotiate and properly execute a prenuptial agreement. In the event that this is not possible for a...

Prenuptial agreements can be an invaluable tool for protecting assets in divorce. Couples who don’t have such an agreement don’t have as much control over how their assets will be divided, and the outcome in terms of property division is more...

In the past several decades, unmarried couples who lived together would simply part ways once the relationship was over. According to a report by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, more and more couples are headed to court when they separate. In fact, the...

You and your spouse may have plenty of assets to divide up during your divorce in Texas, from the home to the investment accounts to your vehicles. However, if you're both working together as the joint-owners of a family business, things can get even more complicated....

No matter your age when you go through a divorce, there is always a chance that you could end up worse off financially then when you were married. This is often the case when you go from two incomes to one or from one to having to look for a job.For couples age 50 and...