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What to do when you think your spouse is hiding money
Texas Edition by Carol A. Wilson Many Clients tell me they are suspicious that their spouse is hiding money. We ask the following initial questions as we begin the analysis to thoroughly answer our Client's questions. Begin your own analysis with these questions: Q:...
read moreVirtual Mediations are Successful!
When I first learned in March that we would mediate a case virtually I was concerned whether mediation could be successful without the in-person connection between the mediator and the parties. How wrong I was, mediations are successful even by video conference! The...
read moreTen ways to survive a custody case
Do what your lawyer advises. You selected the lawyer and are paying that lawyer, follow the lawyer’s advice. If you don’t like or trust the advice you are getting, change lawyers. Save documents. Save the documents, save the documents, save the documents. Documents...
read more10 Ways to Survive a Divorce
Follow your lawyer’s advice. You chose the lawyer. You are paying the lawyer. If you don’t like or trust the advice you are getting, change lawyers. Make the most of the evidence you have. You can’t change the law, the facts or the evidence, but you can make the...
read moreMarital Agreements Must be Followed to be Enforced
The recent case, Michelena v. Michelena, 2020 WL 1303234, (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi) holds that husband’s frequent deposits of community property into an account the pre-nuptial agreement stated was his separate property so comingled the account that the account was...
read moreMarital Agreements – Part 2: Say what you mean and mean what you say
As I wrote the last newsletter reporting on a recent case interpreting a pre- marital agreement, Michelena v. Michelena, 2020 WL 1303234, (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi) I realized that from one spouse’s perspective the Court did not interpret the agreement the way that...
read moreThe child support cap increased on September 1, 2019
The child support cap increased on September 1, 2019 to $9,200. What does that mean for child support calculation? In 2013 the Texas Legislature added an automatic cost of living increase to the child support cap so that it does not have to be adjusted by the...
read moreRefinancing A Separate Property Home During Marriage
House refinancing is common in Texas. Usually it is done for a lower interest rate, a home equity loan, or other reason benefiting both spouses. The San Antonio Court of Appeals has given a new argument to this age-old fact pattern. Below is a common scenario and a...
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