Similar to every state, Texas has a required waiting period before the divorce can be finalized. Although this can be an agonizing period in your life, the waiting period is in place to ensure that you and your spouse are doing the correct thing. In Texas, after filing for divorce, you must wait for at least 60 days for the court to finalize the divorce. The exact time that the 60 day divorce waiting period is started is when the divorce petition is filed in court. To be specific, the day the... Read Full Story

When a married couple is unable to divide their property and debts by themselves, then it is up to the state courts to divide the property. There are two primary schemes that the courts use: Community Property and Equitable Distribution. Community Property law states that all property of each married party is considered either community property, which is equally owned, or property owned separately by each party. During the divorce process, all community property is distributed equally, and e... Read Full Story

Trying to pinpoint the cause of any given divorce is really an inexact science. For instance, the main reason for a divorce may be that the husband cheated on his wife. While this seems to explain why the divorce occured, in reality, there is usually much more behind this. The question of “why did the husband cheat?” needs to be answered. Perhaps the couple decided to get married at too young of age, and didn’t know what the other person was really like. And then once ... Read Full Story

Back on December 7, Sean Penn filed for divorce from wife Robin Wright Penn. Unfortunately for Penn, the petition was later dismissed. Not to be overdone, on December 21, Robin Wright Penn decided she would take matters into her own hands and file for divorce herself. This time the petition stuck. Both Sean and Robin have cited “irreconcilable differences” as their reasons for getting the divorce. Unlike all the child custody issues that Britney Spears and K-Fed have been havin... Read Full Story

In certain states, a summary divorce (also known as a simple divorce) may be a viable option. In a summary divorce or dissolution process, the entire divorce process is much simpler, and in most cases much faster. Here are some of the factors that make the summary divorce such a quick process: - Less Paperwork: this includes any court filings in addition to any written agreements - Fewer Court Appearances - Not as much negotiations between the two parties In order to be able to file for a sum... Read Full Story

Last Friday, a judge in Los Angeles, California ordered that Britney Spears’ child visitation rights be suspended. This all stemmed from Spears being rushed to Cedars-Sinai hospital on Thursday. While in the hospital, a “5150 hold” was issued, which means that she could be held against her will for a maximum of 72 hours, unless the hospital deems that she is no longer a danger to herself or others. Remarkably, Spears was released from Cedars-Sinai today, a decision that was... Read Full Story

Collaborative divorce falls under the larger umbrella known as collaborative law. Other terms for this include collaborative practice and collaborative family law. Basically, it is an agreement that both parties will not go (or threaten to go) to court. The goal in the collaborative divorce process it to have a fair settlement through several meetings with both parties and their divorce lawyers. In some cases neutral experts attend the joint sessions as well. In the collaborative divorce meet... Read Full Story

After 72 long days of marriage, Pamela Anderson has decided to call it quits as she filed for divorce from her sex tape buddy Rick Salomon. If her life was bowling that would be a turkey for Anderson as she has successfully filed for divorce three times now. Congratulations! Following the book on establishing a healthy marriage, Anderson and Salomon were married in Las Vegas back on October 6. In an odd twist, Pamela wore a white dress at this wedding… In the process, Rick Salomon ke... Read Full Story

The book: THE CUSTODY REVOLUTION by Richard Warshak,PhD quotes some research that I will briefly summarize.  He states that (all things being equal) the typical custodial father does as good a job as the typical custodial mother.  Then with some studies to back him he says that many (not all) boys may be better off living with their fathers after divorce and that many girls may be better off living with their mothers.  The Texas studies that he refers to show that compared with children in th... Read Full Story

1.  Don’t Panic!  And don’t assume that you are a bad Mom, or that your child doesn’t love you.  Do take a deep breath, and say that you need time to think about this. 2.  When this request is made during an argument be sure to separate the argument from the request to live with Dad.  Insist that the difficult conversation be resolved first - and that the discussion of where the child lives will be at another time. 3.  Keep the lines of communication open.  Let your child kn... Read Full Story