Divorce creates a multitude of challenges, emotionally and financially. One of the most crucial considerations is dividing marital assets. In Texas, couples divide all assets acquired during the course of a marriage equally. For high-asset couples, more complications arise when a family-owned business is included on the list of assets owned by both parties. The first step is for each…
Some people make the mistake of thinking of hiding assets as a gray area. For instance, a husband may decide he wants to keep assets from his wife and so he’ll take money, give it to his best friend, and then plan on getting it back when the divorce is over. If pressed about it, he’ll say it was his…
One of the biggest issues that parents run into after divorce — and, to be fair, while they’re still married — is when they disagree on how to parent their children. When they have vastly different views, they may both feel that the other person is damaging the children in some way or hindering their development. These issues can be…
Life can be unpredictable at times. A visitation schedule that was set months or years ago may no longer work for a present-day routine, and right now that is playing out with how some parents interpret “spring break.” When the governor ordered Texas schools to begin their spring vacations early, some took this action to mean that the “spring break”…
