{"id":2290,"date":"2021-11-27T07:20:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T13:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2021-11-21T23:25:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T05:25:15","slug":"texas-appeals-court-upholds-arbitration-award-in-divorce-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-arbitration-award-in-divorce-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Upholds Arbitration Award in Divorce Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2268 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iStock-1287431987-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-1287431987-300x200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iStock-1287431987-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iStock-1287431987-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iStock-1287431987-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iStock-1287431987-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iStock-1287431987-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iStock-1287431987-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/iStock-1287431987-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>When a couple enters into a Texas pre-marital agreement or post-marital agreement, they may include an arbitration provision in the agreement. Arbitration can be a cost-effective way to resolve disputes, but an arbitration decision often cannot be appealed. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/twelfth-court-of-appeals\/2021-12-20-00186-cv.pdf?ts=1637241832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent case<\/a>, a wife appealed a final divorce decree confirming an arbitration award, arguing the arbitrator exceeded her authority.<\/p>\n<h3>Husband and Wife Enter into Post-Nuptial Agreement During Marriage<\/h3>\n<p>During the marriage, the parties signed an agreement to make \u201cwhat would otherwise be community property instead be separate property.\u201d The agreement included an arbitration provision.<\/p>\n<p>When the agreement was executed, the husband was president of a company and the wife was vice president. The agreement stated that the parties agreed each of them would \u201cbe guaranteed to receive equal pay and bonuses as both President and Vice President. . .\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-arbitration-award-in-divorce-case\/#more-2290\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a couple enters into a Texas pre-marital agreement or post-marital agreement, they may include an arbitration provision in the agreement. Arbitration can be a cost-effective way to resolve disputes, but an arbitration decision often cannot be appealed. In a recent case, a wife appealed a final divorce decree confirming an arbitration award, arguing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[269,239,238,214],"tags":[345,459,275,460,240,5,391,319,461,458,456,457,328,318],"class_list":["post-2290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arbitration","category-business","category-business-entities","category-post-marital-agreement","tag-arbitrate","tag-arbitration-agreement","tag-arbitrator","tag-award","tag-business","tag-divorce-2","tag-entity","tag-husband","tag-owners","tag-partition-or-exchange-agreement","tag-post-nuptial-agreement","tag-postmarital-agreement","tag-texas-family-code","tag-wife"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Appeals Court Upholds Arbitration Award in Divorce Case &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; November 27, 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When a couple enters into a Texas pre-marital agreement or post-marital agreement, they may include an arbitration provision in the agreement. 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