Family Law Case Results
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Divorce & Property Division
Protected Substantial Separate Property in High-Asset Divorce
Issue: Client owned a closely-held business and significant pre-marriage investment accounts. Spouse claimed the entire estate as community property.
Outcome: Through detailed tracing and forensic accounting, we documented the separate property origin of the business and pre-marriage accounts. Final settlement awarded client 100% of separate property plus an equitable share of the community estate.
Disproportionate Award for Innocent Spouse
Issue: Spouse used community funds for an extramarital affair and gambling debts.
Outcome: After dissipation discovery, client received a disproportionate share of the remaining community estate plus reimbursement for documented dissipated funds.
Six-Figure Reduction in Spousal Maintenance Exposure
Issue: Client was a stay-at-home parent for decades by agreement of the parties. In the divorce, the opposing party did not want client to walk away with any amount of money.
Outcome: Client was awarded a seven-figure payment and regular spousal maintenance to be paid monthly by the opposing party.
No Issue
Outcome: While divorces typically take around a year depending on the size of your marital estate, if you have already come to an agreement, the process is greatly expedited. With decades of experience, your team can cut the process down greatly so that you can move forward with your new life.
Issue: Client has money in the seven-figure range at risk of being divided in its entirety unless the amount gained during the marriage was separated from the amount earned prior to marriage.
Outcome: Through hiring a tracing expert and working closely with them, Client's retirement benefits were traced, awarding the Client a vast majority of the pension/retirement funds.
Issue: Client's spouse was highly manipulative towards the parties' children, leading to the children having continued behavioral issues after being in possession of the spouse.
Outcome: Through the discovery process and negotiation, custody of the children went to the client, including the right to move the children outside of Texas.
Issue: Client was sued by a former spouse, claiming that he had at least seven-figures worth of hidden money that they did not disclose at the time of divorce.
Outcome: Successfully defended the enforcement, including the hiring of a cryptocurrency expert with the case against the client being dropped prior to the completion of trial.
Child Custody & Conservatorship
Successfully Defended Primary Residence Designation
Issue: Other parent filed a modification seeking to become the primary parent two years after divorce.
Outcome: After full evidentiary hearing including school records, medical records, and witness testimony, the court denied the modification and continued the existing custody order.
Secured Expanded Standard Possession Order for Father
Issue: Father wanted significantly more time with his children than the basic SPO.
Outcome: Through mediation, we negotiated an Expanded SPO with additional overnight time during the school year and extended summer possession.
Issue: Client's children were over the age of 12 and requested to live with the client due to several interpersonal issues with the opposing party and the children instead of the opposing party, as ordered in the parties' divorce.
Outcome: Through successful negotiation, the custody of the children went to the Client
Complex Property Division
Competing Business Valuations
Issue: Opposing party valued their business lower than it was believed to be worth in order to get a larger amount of the marital estate.
Outcome: An Expert was hired, the business was valued at a much higher dollar number, which was successfully used in mediation to Client's benefit, with client leaving the divorce with a larger dollar figure.
Business Valuation Reduced in Owner's Favor
Issue: Opposing party owned several businesses that were ultimately valued in total in the eight-figure range.
Outcome: Through hiring business valuation and property experts, Client was awarded a large sum the seven-figure range through successful negotiation.
Issue: Client had high-dollar amount investments that were subject to division in the parties' divorce.
Outcome: Client hired an expert recommended by Robert, and in the end, Client walked away with a disproportionate division of the marital estate in his favor with the help of the tracing of the hired expert.
Modification & Enforcement
Successful Enforcement of Visitation Rights
Issue: Custodial parent had been denying court-ordered visitation for several months.
Outcome: Court found violations and awarded make-up time, attorney's fees, and a clear order with specific consequences for future violations.
Child Support Modification After Income Loss
Issue: Client's income dropped substantially due to job loss.
Outcome: Filed for modification immediately upon termination; court entered new support order at the lower guideline amount based on current income.
Adoption & Termination
Stepparent Adoption with Voluntary Relinquishment
Issue: Stepfather wanted to legally adopt his stepchild; biological father willing to relinquish.
Outcome: Coordinated voluntary relinquishment, prepared and filed adoption petition, finalized adoption within five months.
Issue: The adult client was going to the military soon and wanted his father to adopt him prior to him leaving.
Outcome: The adult adoption was completed in an expedited fashion before the client went to bootcamp
