Financial

We see people all the time that used a divorce form from the Internet. Frankly, I'm shocked at how many of these Internet divorce forms are either incomplete or just wrong. But bad forms are not always the cause of the problem. They're often not filled out correctly. Most divorce forms are complicated and it's difficult to fill them out exactly how the court wants. read more »

Credit cards are treated like any other debt. Therefore, they are subject to a "just and right" division. A court may divide a credit card debt in any manner that the court views as "fair" to both parties. The court takes into account things like fault in the break up of the marriage, who benefited from the items purchased on the credit card, the earning potential of the parties, etc.   read more »

Although the court may allow you to use community propertyGenerally, this is all property that was acquired during the marriage. to pay some legal fees while the divorce is pending, for the most part judges tend to expect each party to pay for their own attorney.