International Divorce Attorney in Houston, Texas
How do I get a divorce from someone in another country?
How do I get a divorce from someone in another country?
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if you are living in the state of texas and
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your spouse
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is currently living in a different
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country it is possible for you
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to get a divorce we would have to look
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at your specific issue
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um most importantly has your spouse ever
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lived in the state of texas
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if you were both previously living here
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uh as a couple you were you don’t have
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to be married in the state of texas but
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if you had a marital home
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here in the state of texas and you were
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living here as husband and wife
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at some point and then they left
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then the court would have what’s called
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personal jurisdiction
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over your spouse which means that we can
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file for divorce
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we can have them served in their in the
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country that they’re living in
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and the court can start the process for
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divorce here in texas
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there are certain restrictions on what
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the court can do
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as it relates to property outside of the
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united states or outside of the state of
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texas
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but if that if the court has personal
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jurisdiction
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over your spouse then you can get
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divorced
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we can ask the court to divide certain
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property we can ask for spousal
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maintenance
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we can ask for child support
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and and custody arrangements if the
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children are living here in the state of
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texas
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with you the most important thing i
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think when when we get an international
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a divorce issue like this where one
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spouse is outside the
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the united states or outside of the
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state of texas is
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does the texas court have personal
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jurisdiction over your spouse if they do
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then we can get you divorced much like
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any other case whether they’re here
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in another state you know it doesn’t
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necessarily change
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how we get you divorced uh the time is
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is what
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we take into consideration because
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getting people served
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across the sea is uh pretty difficult
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so i would say uh it’s possible but
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it just depends on the facts of your
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case um and you’re certain
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the certain circumstances that you’re
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under in your case
Houston, TX family law attorney Kristy M. Banda explains how to get a divorce from someone in another country.
