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Your marriage of ten, twenty or thirty years may have flown by but now you are considering a divorce . Not only is this going to affect you and your spouse presently but your future well being may be impacted as well. Beyond the immediate loss of ...

The rigors of military life are well known. Enlisting in the armed services on behalf of your country is one of the most selfless and courageous decisions a person can make. Deciding to put the lives of your fellow citizens before you own to step ...

Life for the men and women who serve in our country’s military is both extremely rewarding but also full of challenges and hardships. As an attorney with the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC, I have had the opportunity and the honor to represent ...

In exchange for the sacrifice, mental and physical hardships that are associated with serving our country in the military, service members and their families have available to them benefits through the Veterans Administration (VA). These benefits ...

If you are married to a member of our armed services then you deserve special recognition as someone who has paid a price, along with your spouse, in order to benefit our nation and your fellow citizens. As a military spouse, you are afforded certain ...

In yesterday’s blog post from the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC , we introduced the topic of retirement accounts and how the funds within them are divided in a divorce. Today we will continue that discussion and will focus more on military ...

At The Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC, we recently received a phone call from the spouse of an active duty member of our armed services. She, her husband and their children are stationed in Europe currently and unfortunately the phone call pertained ...

In order to finalize a divorce in Texas , certain procedures must be followed in order for the Court to grant the divorce. Military divorces are similar in many regards to civilian divorces there are factors that need to be considered by families in ...

In yesterday’s blog post the attorneys with the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC introduced the subject of military divorces by posing a number of questions that we have been asked throughout the years from servicemembers and their spouses. Since ...

If you are serving in the military and are living thousands of miles away from your home in Texas you probably have questions that differ from other people who are also considering a divorce from their spouse. In deciding to pursue a divorce you are ...

How is a divorce in Texas structured in terms of stages? No two divorces are exactly the same. As such, it is difficult to accurately predict the length of your divorce in terms of time. However, the process that your divorce will undertake will be ...

If you are a person who either serves our country in the military or are married to a spouse who does, enough cannot be said about your family’s sacrifices in order allow your fellow citizens the opportunity to lead successful, productive and happy ...

As a Houston, Texas divorce lawyer I have had the opportunity to help service members through a military divorce and family law cases . One the things that my clients are often concerned about is getting a service member served with the paperwork. ...

The entire premise of yesterday’s blog post from the attorneys with the Law Office of Bryan Fagan was that we wanted to provide you with advice and perspective regarding military divorces that was actually specific. We know that there is only so much ...

When a person either serves in the military or is married to a person serving in the military, moving from place to place is a fairly common occurrence. If either spouse is from Texas and would like to file for divorce in Texas , this can cause a ...

It is no secret that as a military member you are exposed to stressful situations. These are not always the sort of deadline driven, people induce stresses that we as civilians encounter in our jobs, either. Servicemembers encounter stress associated ...

In May 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled upon an issue that has to do with how military retirement is decided in a military divorce . The case is called Howell v. Howell and in its decision the Court held that any portion of military ...

Houston Military Divorce The Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC Can Assist You Are you a military servicemember facing a divorce? Or the spouse of a servicemember ready to dissolve your marriage? Military divorce can be considerably different than ...

Deciding to divorce your spouse is rarely easy. A divorce when a spouse lives outside of Texas, however, can be a bit more difficult. If you are a Texas resident but your spouse lives elsewhere, you may be able to obtain a divorce in Texas, even if ...

If you are in the military or are a spouse of an active duty servicemember you don’t need me to tell you that your life is different than most of your neighbors. The demands on your time, the expectations placed on you and your family in your career ...

Dividing community property and debt, grounds for divorce and residency requirements in Texas have all been hashed over thus far in our discussion on getting a divorce in the Lone Star State. Today we will keep the theme of community property going ...

In yesterday's blog post from the Law Office of Bryan Fagan , we spent a great deal of time going over the essential pieces of information about child support in Texas. Ultimately what most people want to know, and what I'm sure you do as well, is ...

Military servicemembers in some circumstances sustain injuries while in the line of duty. If you were unfortunate enough to sustain an injury that ended your military career and caused you to receive disability benefits through the Veterans ...

In prior articles, we have discussed alimony , spousal support and child support . We have also discussed “spousal starving” when one spouse cuts off financial access to the other spouse. In today’s article, we will revisit those topics. However, we ...

It is not only retirement benefits that you are currently eligible for that can be awarded to your spouse in a Texas divorce . Future retirement benefits- ones that you are not even eligible for right now- are also fair game. The amount of basic pay ...

The Federal laws that cover the division of military retirement pay in Texas divorces is known as the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act (USFSPA). It allows Texas family law courts to have the ability to treat retirement pay for ...

Families in today’s world are not the nuclear family of generations past. Unmarried couples cohabitate with as much frequency as married couples and children born to unwed parents are commonplace as a result. Divorce occurs with greater frequency now ...

Military parents have a great deal on their minds, both before setting off for deployment and while overseas. If you count yourself among those people who serve in our armed forces I would like to first thank you for making that sacrifice for all us ...

Before making a decision on proceeding with a Texas divorce, it is a good idea to take time to understand the basic process and the key issues that must be addressed. For most people, divorce is new and uncharted territory. For many people it can be ...

I’m sure if you wanted, you could go online and search through 1,000 proverbs about beginning a process and you’ll find a few that mention that perhaps the most difficult step in that process is the first. Getting the “oomph” you need to take that ...

When parties enter into divorce proceedings in Texas it is not only the children , the house and their bank accounts that are issue- it’s also their retirement accounts. The Houston divorce attorneys with the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC are well ...

Spending time with your children is one of the most important things you can do every day. Children look forward to their visitation with their non-custodial parent, and parents rely on having that time with their children. Parents should be very ...

In Texas in its simplest form a divorce terminates a marriage giving a married couple the legal right to marry another person. What many people do not know is that a divorce is a lawsuit that does more than end a marriage. A Texas Divorce takes care ...