Divorce Matters / Uncategorized
January 28, 2026
Restricted securities complicate high net worth divorce due to transfer restrictions, valuation uncertainty, and tax consequences. Proper handling requires expert valuation, careful tax planning, and creative settlement structures to ensure a fair division. Texas courts treat restricted securities acquired during marriage as community property subject to division.
Business Litigation / Featured Blog
January 27, 2026
Meta Description: Discover the most common causes of partnership disputes, from financial disagreements to breach of fiduciary duty, and learn how to prevent conflicts in your business partnership.
Business Law Matters / Divorce Matters
January 27, 2026
Vacation homes and timeshares create unique challenges in divorce due to emotional attachment, valuation uncertainty, ongoing costs, and tax consequences. Courts must balance practicality with sentiment, often requiring sale, buyouts, or creative co-ownership solutions. Understanding property classification, affordability, and capital gains exposure is critical to making sound decisions.
Business Litigation / Legal News
January 26, 2026
Learn what makes a contract legally enforceable, including essential elements like offer, acceptance, consideration, and capacity. Protect your business with properly structured agreements.
Divorce Matters / Legal News
January 26, 2026
Irrevocable trusts can significantly complicate high net worth divorce settlements in Texas. While trust assets are often protected as separate property, distributions, trustee discretion, and trust language may still affect property division and support. Understanding how Texas courts treat irrevocable trusts is critical when substantial trust assets are involved.
Divorce Matters / Legal News
January 23, 2026
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act eliminated the alimony tax deduction for divorces finalized after December 31, 2018. Alimony payments are no longer deductible for payors or taxable to recipients, dramatically changing divorce negotiations, settlement strategies, and long-term financial planning—especially in high-income and complex divorce cases.
Divorce Matters / Uncategorized
January 22, 2026
Restricted stock units (RSUs) and performance stock units (PSUs) can be among the most valuable assets in divorce. Courts often apply time-based formulas to divide equity compensation earned during marriage, determining which portions are community or separate property and how unvested or performance-based shares are allocated.
Divorce Matters / Uncategorized
January 21, 2026
Professional degrees and licenses are not divisible property in Texas divorce, but courts recognize fairness concerns. When one spouse supports the other through education, Texas law allows reimbursement claims and considers enhanced earning capacity in spousal support and property division to achieve equitable outcomes.
Business Law Matters / Divorce Matters
January 20, 2026
The Hague Convention provides a legal process for returning children wrongfully taken or kept in another country during a divorce. It focuses on restoring children to their habitual residence so custody disputes can be decided by the proper court. Prompt action and experienced legal representation are critical in international child abduction cases.
Divorce Matters / Uncategorized
January 19, 2026
Divorce can seriously disrupt family business succession plans under Texas community property law. Ownership division, forced buyouts, liquidity shortages, and non-family shareholders can threaten control and continuity. Proactive planning through buy-sell agreements, valuation strategies, and asset offsets helps protect family businesses during high-asset divorces.
