by Chrysandra S. Bowen | Apr 13, 2026 | Texas Full Community Property Rights Attorney
Is There a Minimum Period of Time before You Can Claim “Just and Right” Division of Assets? In Texas, with it’s community property approach to the division of marital assets, you have the right to “just and right” division of property, which often means you’ll get...
by Chrysandra S. Bowen | Apr 1, 2026 | Community Property in a Texas Divorce
When Can a Party Seek to Apply Community Property Rules to Separate Property? Whether you’re the original owner of property or married someone who brought substantial separate property into a Texas marriage, you may have a vested interest in learning if, and...
by Chrysandra S. Bowen | Mar 16, 2026 | What Is Emergency Temporary Child Custody?
When Do You Need to Ask for It? What Is the Process in Texas? Who Can Ask for It? Under certain circumstances in Texas, the law allows a person to file a petition for emergency temporary child custody, allowing for action to be taken almost immediately, particularly...
by Chrysandra S. Bowen | Mar 9, 2026 | Who Claims the Child as a Dependent When There’s Joint Physical Custody?
Who Gets the Tax Benefit When Custody Is Shared Equally? While the benefits of joint physical custody for children have been shown by research to be better in the long run for children, other issues, such as who gets to claim the child on a tax return when there’s...
by Chrysandra S. Bowen | Mar 5, 2026 | Filing a Joint Divorce Petition in Texas
Legislature Looks at Ways to Streamline the Divorce Process Filing a “joint” divorce petition is currently permitted only in limited situations in Texas, such as when the divorce is uncontested or the parties are using the collaborative divorce process. A new bill...
