Texas Divorce: Home, Refinance & Non-Titled Spouse

Adorable_FecalSpray · 2021-12-07T17:34:50+00:00

Probably yes.

If you don't want her to, complete a Quit Claim Deed. If you can get her to sign/agree to it.

ChainsawJones1984 · 2021-12-08T22:07:37+00:00

Texas is a community property state. After seven years, she is entitled to half of the community property purchased during the marriage.

The gray part is, her attorney could add the cohabitation time as marriage as well, if under 7 years.

Here is the deal, there is precedent. But your attorneys can negotiate any form of settlement. This works well if she has sentimental property you can trade out of for the real assets like the house.

Keep in mind, her attorney is probably going to be working on commission, as most women don't have the cash upfront to pay their attorney. So he or she will encourage her to to have all real assets sold, and divided up, with both, paying him, or worse, you paying the legal fees. This is why having a good attorney is really smart.

The weird part is that sometimes either party gets hung up on certain pieces of the assets. It could be furniture, it could be a vase, a pet, or anything. Sometimes you can make an offer for the exchange.

If I was facing a divorce, I would find the best attorney I could hardly afford and be the one the submits the lawsuit to divorce first. This gives you a slight legal advantage. If you're the defendant, you're facing the uphill battle for anything.

One smart thing I inadvertently had was a woman attorney. She was good at getting what I wanted, and I could tell the Judge was more accepting of what she said than the other attorney. I found out that they were friends. Very helpful.

So in the same senario as you, I had the house in my name, I was able to keep my home, but she got all the furniture. She knew I got more value, but she wanted to fast money sooner,. so she left me with an empty house.

Best thing to do is get a good attorney, through reference. There are many women attorneys out there that help women. They know the game, and put it all on the table for her, and let her represent you. Expect a lot of back and forth which is a lot of billable hours.

Had I just walked away and took what most guy assume what they get, I would have lost around $100k. My attorney bill was $10k.

Many would have used her attorney or a cheap attorney, spent around $2k and got $50k. You can't look at the numbers of what your spending which makes it scary. You need to go to bat and see what it is worth and make some hard decisions.

Title	Texas Divorce: Home, Refinance & Non-Titled Spouse
Author	cetanorak
Upvotes	3
Comments	7
Date	December 7, 2021 5:24 PM UTC (4 years ago)
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