Top 10 Questions Family Law Clients Ask
Every family law matter is different. Since I began practicing law, I have probably handled hundreds of cases, each one with a different fact pattern and each client with a different personality. However, I have noticed that many of the same questions come up in initial client meetings. I have tried to compile the ten […]
Celebrity Divorce is Example of Enforceability of Premarital Agreements
The wife of celebrity chef Bobby Flay does not want the couple’s premarital agreement to be enforced in their upcoming divorce. However, under Texas law, she would probably lose. Stephanie March, an actress who has appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, married Flay 10 years ago. The couple signed a premarital agreement which, […]
How Much Spousal Maintenance Can You Receive in a Texas Divorce?
In my last post, I discussed how Courts determine a spouse’s eligibility to receive spousal maintenance in a Texas divorce. In short, a spouse must lack sufficient property to meet the spouse’s minimum reasonable needs and either: Be a victim of family violence; or Be unable to earn sufficient income to meet the spouse’s minimum […]
Collaborative Practice Groups and Their Effect on the Collaborative Team
On February 12-13, collaborative attorneys and professional from all over Texas and the United States converged on Austin, Texas for the 8th Annual Collaborative Law Course. I had the privilege of being part of a panel discussion during the course titled “Leveraging Practice Groups in Team Dynamic.” Also on the panel were the esteemed collaborative […]
How Do You Keep Your Separate Property Separate?
Too many times, clients only start to think in terms of community or separate property when it is too late and they are going through a divorce. They may have had property before marriage, or received an inheritance. However, during the marriage, they have commingled the separate property with community property, and did not keep good […]