Texas Divorce Forms and Papers

If you meet the Texas State requirements for Divorce please proceed to order your divorce documents.

Texas Residency Requirements

One spouse must have lived in Texas for at least six months prior to a divorce being initiated. Additionally, the filing party must have been a resident of his or her county for at least ninety days prior to the filing.

Grounds for Divorce In Texas

Texas recognizes no-fault grounds of insupportability.

Some of the fault-based grounds include:

adultery;
cruelty;
conviction of a felony;
abandonment.

Texas Child Custody

Texas court policy prefers that divorcing parties continue to co-parent their children as joint managing conservators. This concept permits both parents to be involved in the important decisions concerning their children's health, development and welfare. Joint managing conservatorship does not necessarily require that the children share their time equally between their parents. If it can be shown that joint managing conservatorship is not in the children's best interest, either parent may be awarded sole managing conservatorship with the other being awarded visitation rights. Generally, the courts prefer that the parents reach their own decisions pertaining to the custody of their children. Any agreement between the parties which is not clearly contrary to the children's best interest will generally be approved by the court.

Child Support

Texas has adopted child support guidelines which apply in virtually every case, unless special circumstances are present. The child support calculation takes into consideration the gross income of both parties and certain child related expenses. Child support generally continues until the child reaches the age of majority or graduates from high school, which ever last occurs.

Mediation