Imagine owning a beautiful truck or gorgeous sports car. It has been customized to your exact style and specifications and represents hard work, personal freedom, and even a sense of pride. Even your spouse is happy for you and wouldn’t dare drive it. But what happens when life unexpectedly turns, and divorce enters the picture?…

Contrary to popular belief, whether or not someone is awarded spousal maintenance (also known as alimony) isn’t guaranteed in every divorce. Sure, a judge will look at all factors, including both parties’ abilities to financially care for themselves when they no longer have access to shared budgets, assets, and even shared financial goals to ensure…

In Texas, divorce settlements often include alimony or spousal support to help with the financial transition. However, if the spouse responsible for these payments dies, the arrangement usually stops unless an alternate plan exists. In most cases, the divorce decree doesn’t require the deceased’s estate to pick up where the payments left off. Without a…

You made it through your divorce, and a settlement has been reached. Not only does the agreement with your former spouse cover financial and property matters, but it also clearly lists out child custody and child support arrangements. Ensuring that child support payments are made consistently and on time, you insisted that each payment be…

When you had your child, you weren’t sure what your rights were since you and the father were never married. Now, you have chosen to end your relationship, and you’re worried about whether you could get child support and just what the process would be like. Can you receive child support if you were never…

Imagine losing your job and beginning to fall behind on child support payments. You want to make things right, but with the debt growing, you aren’t sure if there is any way out. You may even ask aloud, can my child support arrears be forgiven? The quick answer is yes—forgiving child support arrears in Texas…

Are you dreading the idea of a drawn-out courtroom showdown to split your assets? What if you could bypass this expensive legal battleground and negotiate a fair property division on your terms? Dividing property in Texas doesn’t always mean you must automatically step into a courtroom. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) offers practical paths for negotiating…

For military parents, balancing service and family life often feels like walking a tightrope. That reality often becomes too much to bear and leads many of these couples to choose divorce. As sad as it is to admit the marriage will no longer work, the biggest question then becomes: “How do we handle child custody…

The standard approach to child support payments is to have one parent pay the other in equal monthly payments. But what if the paying parent would rather pay everything in a lump sum and be done with it? Even if that’s not what they want, could the parent receiving child support force them to pay…

It’s likely that many of the women you know who have divorced recently or in the past chose to take back their maiden name. For them, reclaiming their original last name symbolizes a fresh start and a way to put memories of a bad marriage behind them. While changing your name is completely understandable, you…