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Divorce
5 tips for a more confident approach to property division
Texas is a community property state. This means that you and your soon-to-be ex-spouse will share marital property equally, or as close to it as possible. For this reason, you may be facing property division with a certain amount of angst. Here are five tips to help...
Can you get a passport if you have child support arrears?
Whether you hope to take your children to Mexico to visit family, travel with them to foreign countries or need to get across the border for custody-related purposes, you need a U.S. passport. In many cases, debt does not affect your ability to get a passport....
How do the courts divide property during a Texas divorce?
Dividing property is often one of the most stressful and complicated aspects of divorce. This is especially true if spouses have many assets. The first thing that couples should know is that Texas is a community property state. How the court divides assets during...
Divorce and child support enforcement
If you are in the early stages of getting a divorce and you have children, it is important to think about child support. If you expect to owe support, you need to review the different factors that courts analyze when determining how much support a non-custodial parent...
4 questions to ask regarding student loan debt and divorce
Student loan debt is a unique type of debt and, as such, necessitates special treatment in divorce. This is particularly true in situations in which the borrowers obtained the loans during the marriage. Many individuals wrongly assume that the person whose name is on...
Challenges associated with dividing cryptocurrency in a divorce
Estimates suggest that millions of Americans across Texas and the rest of the United States currently own cryptocurrency or digital currency. Because digital currency may hold considerable value, it is increasingly becoming a point of contention in modern divorce...
Can you cash out your portion of a 401(k) in your divorce?
While your upcoming divorce proceedings in Texas likely signal the welcomed end to your marital tensions, they may also bring with them a good deal of uncertainty. This is especially true if you were not the primary income earner in your marital home. You may find...
Issues surrounding same-sex marriage and remarriage
Six years have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed marriage equality throughout the country, yet some confusion still persists. In theory, you and your same-sex partner have the same rights as different-sex couples do to marry, divorce and remarry....
What financial struggles do grey divorcees face?
Going through a divorce is difficult at any age, no matter where you are in life. But statistically speaking, grey divorcees may have more struggles than their younger counterparts in several different respects. One of the major ways is in the financial hurdles that...