TEXAS DIVORCE: HOW TO DIVIDE THE PROPERTY AND DEBTS Texas is a community property state; this means that all income earned and property acquired by either spouse during the marriage is community property and belongs to both spouses equally. Therefore, it must be split equally between them when they divorce. Further, this also applies to…
CORONAVIRUS AND PAYING YOUR CHILD SUPPORT What relief, if any, am I going to get? What happens if I file for unemployment? Is my stimulus check subject to child support I owe? First, the law in Texas is that every child support payment ordered to be due by any Court Order are final when they…
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) COURT OPERATION GUIDANCE FOR TEXAS COURTS Court Operation Guidance: Guidance for Court Proceedings and Hearings after 6/1. https://www.txcourts.gov/media/coronavirus-covid-19-court-operation-guidance/
WHEN CAN I MODIFY MY CHILD CUSTODY PLAN Custody arrangements were likely among the first thing you worked out. You may have made arrangements on your own through an amicable divorce. You may have relied on the court to decide things for you.Regardless of how you got to your decision, know that life circumstances may…
DIVORCE: CONTESTED V. UNCONTESTED Getting a divorce is an unsettling process, no matter what the circumstances. If you’re getting a divorce, you likely have a lot of questions and concerns about what your future will look like and how you can protect yourself in the coming storm. You probably also wonder how your circumstances create…
6 TIPS FOR CO-PARENTING DURING COVID-19 1. Follow Court Orders as Much As Possible.Some court orders provide for reasonable and likely contingencies, but no one could have anticipated this unprecedented situation. Adjustments will inevitably be necessary. But the closer you can adhere to the original court orders, the less the likelihood that you will suffer…
WILL MY DIVORCE BE AFFECTED BY COVID-19? How does the COVID-19 affect my active divorce proceeding? At present, the COVID-19 emergency orders won’t likely affect your divorce proceedings much unless your case was set for trial or a jury trial in the next 30 days when such cases will likely be continued. Deadlines for discovery,…
WILL I BE HELD IN CONTEMPT IF I WITHHOLD MY CHILD DURING COVID-19 One legal method of enforcing a possession order is filing a motion for contempt. A party may be held in contempt of court for willfully violating a court order. Usually, to hold a party in contempt, the party’s obligations under the court…
