On behalf of The Law Offices of Marilyn J. Belew, P.C. | Aug 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Your two children always were very different from each other, even when they were young. Now that they’re adults, nothing much has changed. Your love for each of them is very different — but equal. Should your estate plans reflect that equal love via an equal...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Marilyn J. Belew, P.C. | Aug 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
If you are getting divorced in Texas, most of your community property estates that were earned during marriage will be split 50-50 between you and your ex. Social Security benefits, on the other hand, are only available to spouses who were married for at least 10...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Marilyn J. Belew, P.C. | Aug 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
When you go through a divorce, you end your romantic relationship, but you’ll still have a parenting relationship if you share children. When there’s a teen in the picture, you have to think carefully about how the co-parenting relationship is going to work. There...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Marilyn J. Belew, P.C. | Jul 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
You were about to tell your wife you want a divorce; then her father got seriously ill. You held off to give her time to concentrate on looking after him. Two years later, he is still hanging in there like the tough old cattle rancher he is. You, on the other hand,...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Marilyn J. Belew, P.C. | Jul 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Life with a narcissistic partner is difficult. You might think that ending a marriage to a narcissist is going to be easier than living with them, but this probably isn’t how things are going to work. If you’re splitting up with a person who suffers from narcissism,...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Marilyn J. Belew, P.C. | Jun 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
When doing your estate planning, you need to spend time focusing on the changes to your medical needs as you grow older. This is the reason people often include advance directives and medical powers of attorney. They know that they may not be able to make all of their...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Marilyn J. Belew, P.C. | Jun 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
If you’re a divorced parent whose visitation with your child is limited to the occasional weekend and summer break, you may be delighted to hear that your child doesn’t want to go back to their other parent’s home at the end of summer break. It would be wonderful to...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Marilyn J. Belew, P.C. | May 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
When the courts finalize your divorce, many people refer to the resulting court orders as the final orders in the divorce. However, just because specific terms were ideal for your family at one point during your divorce doesn’t mean that those same terms will...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Marilyn J. Belew, P.C. | May 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Can you imagine the devastation that someone would feel if they arrived for a scheduled visit with their child only to be turned away or find out that the other parent took them out and won’t be bringing them home today? If you’ve dealt with a situation like that, you...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Marilyn J. Belew, P.C. | Apr 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dividing up your assets can be hard when you have more than one child. In fact, the more children you have, the more you may find it difficult to decide exactly how you want things to be divided. Some people take the simple route: They simply direct their executor to...
