Although most Texas couples marry with the intent of staying together for good, divorce statistics demonstrate that a split is a significant possibility. Litigation can cost both parties a great deal of time, stress, and money. Some of these challenges could be...
Divorce means splitting debts as well as assets, and this may include student loans as well. Student loans obtained prior to the marriage may not be considered shared marital debt and might remain the responsibility of their owner, but student loans acquired after...
The Hague Convention is a treaty that the United States is a signatory to and aims to keep parents from illegally taking children out of their home country. The goal is to return any children taken to another back to their country of habitual residence. From there,...
While the U.S. divorce rate has been going down over the past several years, some specific demographics have been experiencing increases. For those over the age of 50, the rate of divorce has doubled in the last 26 years. Since people over age 50 are nearer to...
When a person posts on Facebook, Twitter or other social media site, they are leaving a record in cyberspace. Those records can come back to haunt the poster in a family law dispute.Before you post, think of how it would look if your ex's lawyer introduced it in...
Texas is a community property state, and this means that the shared marital property of people who divorce there will be split equally unless they can otherwise come to an agreement. This is also true in California, the state where Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce...
Although most Texas couples who are planning to tie the knot consider the commitment to be a long-term matter, divorce rates reflect the reality of how many marriages come to an end. When that happens, family finances can suffer dramatically, especially if the...
Whether a divorcing couple has one car and a checking account or valuable real estate and stocks, property division is a part of every divorce case. One asset that can be particularly difficult to divide during a Texas divorce is a business. Before property division...
Findings to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association suggests divorce may be seasonal. After looking at divorce filings in the state of Washington from 2001 to 2015, researchers found the filings increased in March and August. The...
Many Texans file for divorce each year. When people marry, they generally do so without thinking about the possibility that their marriages might fail. There are multiple factors that can lead to divorces, and a study highlights the role that work status...