Q: Texas Divorce in District court. How and why spouse may request other party to pay for her/his lawyer? Both are poor
Neither of us wanted or could afford divorce lawyer. But now I got the gift from friend. He sent me $5K for the divorce lawyer. But someone told my spouse that she may request me to pay for her lawyer. What is the legal ground for that? And in which circumstances they would satisfy such her request?
A:
Tex Fam Code 6.708 authorizes the divorce court to award reasonable attorney fees in divorce proceedings. Tex Fam Code 6.502 authorizes to make temporary orders awarding interim attorney fees to a spouse.
Typically, this is done when one spouse controls community property like bank accounts, investment accounts, etc containing funds or when one spouse receives a larger paycheck than the other.
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