Protecting Your Assets from a Texas Divorce

Book excerpt: Divorce is the biggest single business deal most Texans will ever undertake. This comprehensive updated book is designed to help couples retain their assets when they divorce-from spouses who split household items to married business partners who divide large, privately held companies-and emerge from divorce financially intact no matter how difficult the economic landscape. The authors provide expertise in financial planning, estate planning, retirement issues, counseling, real estate, business valuation, taxes, insurance, bankruptcy and other areas affecting the financial future of divorcing Texans.What You Can Learn From This Book* How to organize a winning case * How to calculate child support * How to get the most out of your house * What to do with a family business * Who gets retirement accounts, stock options, personal property * When to choose a collaborative law divorce * How to use mediation * How to enforce the divorce decree