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401(k) Protection in a Texas Divorce

by Megan Cook | DECREE LANGUAGE, Divorce Settlement Process, Marital Property, Retirement in Divorce

  Is There An Absolute Rule That You Have to Divide all 401(k) Plans in ½ Or Can a Spouse Keep the Entire 401(k)?   The actual rule is that the court can divide your 401(k) plan pretty much how it deems fair.  Fair is not always 50/50. Yet, it is most typical to...

Fixing Decrees Nunc Pro Tunc In Texas

by Megan Cook | DECREE LANGUAGE, Nunc Pro Tunc, Plenary Power

 caseLori was supposed to receive $200,000 of her spouse’s 401 K. Both Lori and her spouse, Charles, had attended a meeting called “mediation” and signed a contract that she would get this $200,000 of the 401 K. After the mediation, Lori and Charles...

10 Things To Know In Million Dollar Divorces

by Megan Cook | Agreements Incident to Divorce, DECREE LANGUAGE, Marital Property, Retirement in Divorce

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A Person Cannot Be Sent To Jail For Failing To Pay a Debt

by Megan Cook | DECREE LANGUAGE, Jail and Divorce

In a January 2020 divorce case called IN RE DENSON, Tex: Court of Appeals, 1st Dist. 2020 The husband, by agreed decree of divorce, said he would pay the wife $257,220 as part of their division of assets. He was supposed to pay this total amount by paying her in...
Money Judgment Template Language

Money Judgment Template Language

by Megan Cook | Agreements Incident to Divorce, DECREE LANGUAGE, Marital Property

Template Language for a money judgment to be written into a decree:  Consult a lawyer before using this provision please: IT   IS   ORDERED   AND   DECREED that Husband shall pay to Wife at 123 Tennis Street, Victoria, Texas, the sum of One Hundred Thousand and no/l00...

Do We Have to Divide the 401K in the Divorce?

by Megan Cook | DECREE LANGUAGE, Divorce Case Results, Retirement in Divorce

A very common question clients have is do I have to divide my 401K in my divorce? Will the judge allow me to keep 100% of my 401K? The answer is that yes it is possible to keep 100% of your 401K. It is also possible that your spouse could keep 100% of the value of...
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