Divorce

Whether expected or unexpected, having your spouse directly inform you that he or she wants a divorce can send you reeling. Even saying the request out loud can feel like a marked change has fallen over your relationship. If your spouse has asked for a divorce, it will likely take a minute to compose yourself.

Did you know that you can have a common law marriage in Texas? It is true! There are, however, specific requirements for a common law marriage that must be met. If you and your partner have met the requirements for a common law marriage in Texas, you may, at some point or another, wonder whether you need to get a divorce for the marriage to end. We will talk more about that here.
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After a divorce, you may be looking for your fresh start. This fresh start may involve a move to be closer to family or perhaps for a new job. If you have children with your former spouse, however, moving may be more difficult than just packing up and heading out.
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There are so many issues at play in a divorce. Things can turn to a mess at many different levels. One such level involves finances.
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Have you decided that your best path going forward involves divorce? It is the right decision for many and can signal a fresh, brighter start for many people and their families. To help ease the process, many reap the benefits offered by divorce mediation. A frequently used negotiating method in the divorce settlement process, divorce mediation involves you and your spouse retaining a neutral third party, referred to as the “mediator,” and you all meet together to discuss and work to resolve the issues incident to the divorce.

Divorce is stressful even under the most amicable, honest, and open of circumstances. Throw in complex financial matters and spouses that are being less than forthright and transparent with critical pieces of information and things can get tumultuous fast, to say the least. Financial matters can be some of the most heated, contentious matters to be addressed during a divorce.

Divorce proceedings may call to mind images of soon to be former spouses battling it out in the courtroom. Fights about alimony, child support, division of assets, and more may be associated with this. This, however, is not how divorce needs to be.

Divorce involves the resolution of several complex and, often, emotional issues. Spousal support, or alimony, needs to be addressed. Division of the marital property also needs to be resolved. One of the most difficult and personal issues that must be decided, however, is

Divorce does not need to be an emotional battleground where two people fight out their differences in a courtroom. It can be low in stress, low in cost, and preserve whatever remaining goodwill still exists between a former couple. This can be accomplished through divorce mediation.
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How can a divorce impact a celebrity’s public image?

Imagine filing for divorce and instead of just having all of your friends and family weighing in, you have the entire public inserting their opinions. Unfortunately, this is the reality for most high profile couples that file for divorce. The media has made it so that celebrity divorces are rarely private or quiet matters. For better or for worse, fame thrusts high profile individuals into the spotlight, even for sensitive matters like a divorce. Recently, Jay Cutler and Kristin Cavallari and Mary-Kate Olsen and Olivier Sarkozy have filed for divorce.
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Reaching the decision that divorce is the best choice for your family is one of the most difficult decisions you may ever have to make. What can feel even more difficult, however, is telling your children that you are getting a divorce. This is a critical conversation that can not only set the tone for how the family deals with the divorce process, but how your family handles post-divorce life.
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