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The easiest way to ending a marriage would be through an annulment because with an annulment the marriage is never seen as valid so the process of ending the marriage is much simpler then the fault and non-fault divorces. Since there is very little evidence from to show from reading the comment that both Virgil and Mary have an invalid marriage the next best option would be a fault divorce. Base on the Texas Family code for adultery the court may grant a divorce in favor of one spouse if the other spouse has committed adultery (Texas Statutes; Family Code, Chapter 6 6.003). The best option for Mary to file for a fault divorce because without question since she can get a divorce since Virgil had cheated on her and admitted. Mary should be able to get the divorce she wants with no problems except for the division of property. Since they live in Texas they can either do it on there or let a judge decide for them. The reason Mary should go for a fault divorce instead of a non-fault divorce is because a judge can make the two spouses wait for a period of time until he or she will grant the divorce, unlike a Fault divorce where the judge can grant the divorce without the waiting period resection.
According to an article by Cathy Meyers under Texas Law “in a decree of divorce or annulment, the court shall order a division of the estate of the parties in a manner that the court deems just and right, having due regard for the rights of each party and any children of the marriage” (Meyer, 1,2014). Texas being a community property states would mean that the judge would have to divide the assets and debts up 50/50. I would divide the property by first getting rid of the separate property first. That being said, Mary would be able to ...

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...rd of living in order to get his self back on his feet then he may be able to win spousal maintenance. He was also married for ten years in which under section b for he Texas family code 8.052 is a reason for maintenance if he can show that he was married for ten years and lacks that ability to earn a sufficient income to meet his minimum reasonable needs because he was married for that period of time and helped his wife get her degree, while he was working to get her through college. In an article by Patricia Reaney for DeShon Pullen & Associates law firm she stats in her article “what was once the traditional bastion of women, spousal maintenance can now just as easily be awarded to a man where circumstances document a financial disparity” (Reaney, 1, 2012). Showing that Virgil has a chance to win maintenance if he can prove to a judge that he is in need of it.

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