Should you add a forensic accountant to your legal team?
If you and your spouse are a high net worth Texas couple whose marriage appears to be headed to divorce court, you may have suspicions that (s)he is starting to hide assets from you. Unfortunately, many spouses do this prior to a divorce in an attempt to reduce marital assets so as to have this "stash" in addition to the assets they receive in the property settlement agreement.
Want to avoid a divorce? Start by avoiding these traps
Money trouble is one of the biggest reasons that couples end up saying, "I'm done," shortly after they say, "I do."
The role of discovery in your contested divorce
Nobody really wants to go through a hotly-contested divorce, but sometimes it's inevitable. If your spouse is refusing to play fair and won't work with you, sometimes the only choice you have is to move toward litigation. This is where the methods used in legal discovery become important.
When child protective services knocks on your door
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) has an obligation to investigate any report it receives about child abuse or neglect -- but that can result in incredibly stressful and terrifying experiences for innocent parents who are targeted by well-meaning (and not-so-well-meaning) neighbors and relatives.
Being a great parent when you're on a visitation schedule
For many divorced parents, the roughest adjustment that they have to make is not being with their children as much as usual. While shared parenting is becoming more of a norm, there are still many parents whose work schedules and lives make 50-50 parenting plans unattainable.
