What Not to Do When Divorcing: With Mark L. Scroggins of Scroggins Law Group

Finances, delaying tactics, new relationships, and disparaging comments can lead to problems in a divorce. You can read a detailed podcast summary on the Scroggins Law Group website: What Not to Do When Divorcing: A Mark L. Scroggins Podcast.

Mark L. Scroggins has many years of experience in high-net-worth divorce and child custody cases. Listen and learn how easily people can lose credibility in their divorce. The last thing you want to do is look petty and spiteful in front of your judge and others in the divorce.

Cutting off funds and disrupting access to financial accounts can lead to major problems in a Texas divorce. Doing this might also violate the Court’s standing orders, leading to more problems. There can be exceptional circumstances where your attorney can ask the court for side orders to address concerns about access to money.

Delaying tactics can be appropriate in limited situations, but generally this is not a good idea. Common delays are used to make it difficult to schedule hearings. Delays in responding to discovery can also lead to sanctions when there is no cause to delay.

Mark says do not pursue new relationships in Texas during a divorce; it is adultery. There is no legal separation in Texas, so you are still married until your divorce is finalized.

Making disparaging comments about your spouse around your children is terrible. Your children are half you and half them. Again, trash-talking your soon to be ex can be a violation of the Court’s standing orders or similar orders in divorces.

To learn more, contact attorney Mark L. Scroggins at Scroggins Law Group in Dallas, Frisco, and Plano, Texas at (214) 469-3100.