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Her cell phone was glued to her ear when I first noticed her. “I don't know what to do! . . . Find out! . . . Call someone! . . .” Finally, she gave up with a sigh, “Do the best you can. I'll be back in the office on Friday.” I wasn't eavesdropping. She was no more than five feet away. And ev...

Imagine the look on Judge Anthony Conrad Bellchamp's face at his retirement party. His wife of fifteen years pulled him aside. "Judith [... Judge Bellchamp's ex-wife]  called. She  sends her regrets that she can't attend the retirement party. She also wanted to tell you that she applied for yo...

Pamela Bishop divorced a tormented, physically abusive husband. Now, she and her children are safe. That's a good thing. Her San Antonio divorce lawyer convinced the Judge to award her 60% of her husband's pension. She slept better at night knowing there would be a little security when she hit ...

A QDRO is much more than a document . . . It's a process. If you prepare a QDRO but don't walk it through the 4 steps of the approval process, you might as well not prepare the QDRO at all. Neither approach will work. It doesn't matter whether you're a lawyer working on the closing documents af...

When you don't do the QDRO, your client doesn't get her money. When your client doesn't get her money, her ex-husband empties the account. When your client's ex-husband empties the account, she sues you. When your client sues you, you lose everything. When you lose everything, your wife runs...

A QDRO is much more than a document . . . It's a process. If you prepare a QDRO but don't walk it through the 4 steps of the approval process, you might as well not prepare the QDRO at all. Neither approach will work. It doesn't matter whether you're a lawyer working on the closing documents af...

The Judge awarded Amy Palmer $35,167 from her husband's 401K at Hewlett Packard. Amy, a now-single mother of three really needed the money, and she needed it quickly. Amy's Dallas divorce lawyer waited for six months to send the 401K QDRO to HP for approval. (See our discussion of the  QDRO App...