My law office has two options for handling matrimonial law issues: adversarial or collaborative. The adversarial or traditional approach involves both spouses having their own lawyers that guide them through the divorce process and litigates issues that cannot be resolved between the attorneys or through mediation. The collaborative approach makes a commitment not to litigate disputes and prefers interest based negotiations to purely positional bargaining.

The court will consider a number of different factors to decided whether a disproportionate property division award may be appropriate.

You will want to discuss this issue with your attorney to determine what grounds for divorce may be available to you in your divorce case.

There is a lot of information about child support that may be pertinent to your case that may be found in the Texas Family Code, or just ask your attorney to fill you in and tell you how the law applies to your particular situation.