Ending any marriage can be tumultuous; ending one when you are financially supported by the other person can be incredibly stressful. Before panicking or making any demands or concessions, you should know some important details about Texas property division laws and...
Many Texans have 401(k) plans or other employer-sponsored retirement plans through their jobs. When they want to get divorced, they will have to determine how their 401(k), 457(b), pension, 403(b), or defined benefit plans will be divided. While a spouse might have...
Couples must consider their financial futures when they end their marriage. There are five important things to know about the division of property in a Texas divorce. Community property Texas is a community property state where all property held by each spouse when...
Whether you built your company from the ground up or inherited from a family member, your ownership of the business matters to you. You may want to keep the business in your family long-term or could even have dreams of selling the company in order to fund your...
When you get divorced, most of the assets that you share with your spouse or that you acquired during the marriage become vulnerable to division. Unless you have a legally valid prenuptial agreement on record that protects certain assets as separate property, most...
When your spouse asks for a divorce, it may be a good time to take a look at your electronic bank statements. In particular, you want to watch out for any unusual financial activity. It could be that your spouse planned to ask for the divorce for a while and decided...
There are many things that can stand between you and finalizing your divorce. For example, matters of property division often get in the way. While you have one thing in mind, your soon-to-be ex-spouse is thinking about something entirely different. It's this type of...
For couples considering divorce, the way they split up their assets is often going to be a major source of contention. It's quite possible that the spouses will not agree on what is fair when it comes to the property acquired during the marriage.Texas judges do their...
Are you going through a divorce? Are you worried about losing your property and assets? Do you want to put yourself in the best possible position regarding asset and debt division?There is no denying the fact that property division can be a contentious issues during...
Texas couples whose marriages disintegrate are subject to community property laws. What this means is that all of the assets and gains of the marriage must be divided equally. But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't use advice and guidance from legal and financial...
