Texas Divorce and Prenuptial Agreement BLOG

A potential client recently sent me an email that said: I have never been divorced before and have never been to Court. What should I expect with the divorce courts in Houston? How long will it take? If we agree on everything do we still have to go to Court? If we don’t agree on anything, how do the Courts operate in Houston? My response: You are very justified in your concerns about going to Court. It is a unique experience and one should prepare for it. First, let me tell you how the Divorce Courts are organized in Houston. We have nine elected Judges. Each elected Judge also appoints one Assoicate Judge, who can hear about any case that the elected Judge can hear. The elected Judges have a large Courtroom in the Harris County Family Law Center located at 1115 Congress, Houston, Texas. The elected Judges have offices that serve as Courtrooms. So we really have 18 Judges hearing divorces, custody cases, child support matters, etc. in Houston. The Courts break there hearings down into two basis types of matters — temporary hearings and contempts and final trials. On temporary hearings the Court is interested in doing what…
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I recently received an email that brought up the following points: My husband and I lived in Houston for the last 22 years. We built up a pretty good business in Houston and I am certain that it is worth a lot of money. I finally decided that I was tired of dealing with my husband and working in the business, so I just moved out of our house in Houston and moved up to the small town in Missouri where I grew up. Can I file a divorce in Missouri and get paid for the value of my share or the business, or do I have to file a divorce in Houston?