Someone says you were informally married in Texas and wants a divorce. How the three elements, the two-year presumption and the evidence can defeat that claim.

A Texas divorce petition does not expire on a set date, but a stalled case can be dismissed for want of prosecution. What triggers it and how to keep a case alive.

Texas ties court-ordered spousal maintenance to marriage length, and ten years is the first line. Here is what the rule does, what it caps, and what it does not.

A Texas teacher’s TRS pension and a closely held business are both community property at divorce. Here is how courts value and divide assets you cannot simply split.

Every Texas divorce requires a sworn inventory and appraisement of what you own and owe. Hiding an asset can cost you the case. Here is what you must disclose.

Texas still recognizes common law marriage. You must prove three things before a court will grant a divorce. Here is what each element really requires.

Travis, Hays, and Comal County family courts don’t run the same way. Here’s what changes — filing, mediation, judges — when you cross a county line.

Founder shares, RSUs, and ISO grants vesting through a marriage make Austin tech divorces a tracing problem. Here’s how Texas characterizes equity at divorce.

Texas is one of nine community property states, but a “just and right” division is rarely exactly 50/50. Here’s how Texas Family Code § 7.001 actually splits assets.