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Do I Need an Attorney for a Texas Divorce?

August 29, 2015 By Staff - s.r. Leave a Comment

AttorneyEvery Texas county has its own process for people to get divorced without an attorney.  For somebody in a short marriage with no children, no real estate and no investments, the process might operate in their best interests and save them some money.  For somebody in a longer marriage with children, jobs and investments, the benefits of having an attorney more than pay for themselves.

Texas is a community property state.  Any income earned or acquired by either party during the course of the marriage is community property and equally owned.  That’s a legal presumption.  Separate property is anything owned by a spouse before the marriage and kept separate during the marriage.  Any claim of separate property must be supported by clear and convincing evidence.  The lines between community and separate property get grey when allegations of commingling of separate property arise.  Divorce lawyers from Springer & Lyle are fully familiar with the law on both sides of this issue and are prepared to address them.

On the issue of child support, Texas has its own guidelines, but there are two separate sets of standards for those guidelines.  Calculations then become different if the individual paying child support has children in two different households.  The final child support figure will be based on the net monthly income of the party with the child support obligation.  Although the legislature designated child support guidelines, court permitted deviations from these guidelines aren’t unusual.  In the context of the long term consequences of paying or receiving child support, a Texas divorce attorney  from Springer & Lyle will be well worth what you might be paying.

The final divorce decree is critical in defining the various rights and obligations of the parties.  It must be clearly and concisely written.  Should your judge not be satisfied with the way that the intention of the parties was set out, they’ll be told to clear the cloudy language and return on a future date.  Without an attorney, this can happen time and time again.  A knowledgeable and experienced divorce attorney from Springer & Lyle will accurately memorialize all agreements attendant to the divorce the first time through.

Your divorce lawyer from Springer & Lyle will prove to be invaluable.  The divorce process is stressful enough.  You’ll be well served with a Springer & Lyle divorce attorney.

 

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