Katy High-Asset
Divorce Lawyer

Separate Property Division

Under the same Texas family law, if you obtained assets, investments, or property before the marriage, these assets are classified as separate property, which usually means that they belong solely to that individual. However there may be exceptions to this which an experienced high asset divorce attorney will be able to review with you.

Important Considerations

Other considerations for you and your Katy, TX high-net-worth divorce attorney to address may include:

• Is there any separate property that by law, is not able to be divided?
• Did you or your spouse sign a prenup before the marriage?
• Is there a large income disparity between you and your spouse?
• Is the other spouse hiding assets, income, or investments?
• What will happen to the main residence?
• Will there be any child custody agreements, child support, or alimony?
• Do we need the help of experts or business attorneys to help value assets and investments?

Child Support

If you and your spouse have children, child support can often become a very contentious subject during the divorce proceedings. In your married partnership, you both share the responsibility to look after your child and ensure their needs were met. After the divorce, this is still the case and if one spouse needs child support to ensure these needs are met, this will need to be agreed upon during the proceedings. Here at Skillern Firm Divorce & Child Custody Lawyers, we want to work with you to help smooth over any disagreements. We use negotiation and mediation to help defuse arguments and will work tirelessly to ensure that an agreement is made that is in the best interests of any children involved.

Valuing And Dividing Complex Asset Portfolios

High-net-worth divorce often involves businesses, foreign assets, bonds, and other complex assets. At Skillern Firm Divorce & Child Custody Lawyers, our high-net-worth divorce lawyers have extensive experience that allows us to locate and value assets such as:

• Life insurance policies.
• Trusts.
• Retirement accounts.
• Patents and intellectual property.
• Rights and royalties.
• Private and public companies.
• Stocks and bonds.
• Oil and mineral rights.
• Foreign employee benefit plans.
• Domestic and foreign real estate.

In divorces where one spouse has a much higher net worth, divorces can be very complicated. Luckily, a skilled divorce lawyer will be able to help you navigate your complex divorce, dividing marital assets in a way that is fair and reasonable for both you and your spouse. Our law office has dealt with cases like yours before, so do not hesitate to get in touch.

Stock Options And Retirement Assets

One of the most difficult aspects of high-asset legal separation our law firm has to deal with is when the marital assets include a lot of investments and assets that have the potential to payout in the future, such as stock options. If these are not correctly valued during the divorce, your settlement may end up one-sided and unfair. If your spouse has stock options through their employment, an expert may need to be brought in to help accurately value these assets. Our high-net divorce lawyers here at Skillern Firm Divorce & Child Custody Lawyers will be able to document and value all assets, from retirement accounts to intellectual property and everything in between. We will fight as hard as possible to ensure that you receive fair and reasonable treatment in your divorce, regardless of whether you are the higher-earning spouse or the lower-earning spouse.