{"id":223,"date":"2016-02-15T10:58:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T16:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2016-02-15T10:58:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T16:58:57","slug":"collaborative-law-requires-honesty-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/collaborative-law-requires-honesty-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Emphasizes Importance of Honesty During Collaborative Law Divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Court in Houston recently reinforced the importance of honesty and full disclosure during the Collaborative Law\u00a0process when it found that a husband potentially committed fraud by failing to disclose changing job circumstances. See Rawls v. Rawls, <\/em>2015 WL 5076283 (Tex. App.–Houston [1st Dist.] 2015, no pet.).<\/p>\n

A husband and wife in Houston chose to use Collaborative Law to complete their divorce proceedings in 2014. They successfully reached a settlement that included provisions for the wife to\u00a0receive portions of her husband’s bonus over the next few years. Unfortunately, before the settlement agreement was signed, the husband\u00a0received a job offer, which he failed to disclose to his wife, and he resigned from his job. Full and complete disclosures of such information is a critical part of the Collaborative Law process, because the goal is to make both parties feel safe to make informed decisions. \u00a0The Houston Court is currently examining whether the husband committed fraud and breached a fiduciary duty under the Collaborative Law agreement he signed\u00a0by concealing his job change from his former spouse during\u00a0the collaborative law process.\u00a0 Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Court in Houston recently reinforced the importance of honesty and full disclosure during the Collaborative Law\u00a0process when it found that a husband potentially committed fraud by failing to disclose changing job circumstances. See Rawls v. Rawls, 2015 WL 5076283 (Tex. App.–Houston [1st Dist.] 2015, no pet.). 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