Divorce Lawyer in El Paso, TX: Nora M. Artalejo Lovett

Any family in El Paso can compare divorce attorneys with the same short checklist. These questions are worth asking at every consultation, including ours.

Lovett Law Family exclusively represents clients in divorce and family law matters. Nora M. Artalejo Lovett has over 21 years of experience guiding Texas families through divorce, custody and property cases.

The team is fully bilingual. You can call, email or use the contact form in English or Spanish, and your consultation will be held in the language you are most comfortable speaking. Nora works with paralegal Melissa Bustamante and legal assistant Briana, who is the first point of contact for clients.

Nora M. Artalejo Lovett represents clients in El Paso and across Texas in these divorce matters:

To file for divorce in El Paso County, you or your spouse must have lived in Texas for the past six months and in El Paso County for the past 90 days (Texas Family Code section 6.301).

A service member stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso County who was not a Texas resident before, or a spouse accompanying them, counts as a resident for filing once the service member has been stationed in Texas for at least six months and in El Paso County for at least 90 days (section 6.304). Lovett Law Family represents clients throughout Texas and assists service members stationed at Fort Bliss and clients with cross-border ties to New Mexico.

Texas law requires a minimum 60-day waiting period from the date the divorce is filed before a court can finalize it. An uncontested divorce can be completed shortly after that window.

Contested cases involving custody, complex property or business interests often take 6 to 12 months or longer. The more the spouses agree on, the sooner a case can close.

Texas is a community property state. Most assets acquired and income earned by either spouse during the marriage belong equally to both spouses. At divorce, the court divides the marital estate in a manner the judge considers just and right, which is not always a 50-50 split.

Community property can include homes and other real estate, businesses, retirement accounts, cash, bank and investment accounts, and stocks. Nora M. Artalejo Lovett handles property division in brief and lengthy marriages alike, including high-asset cases that call for business valuations.

When there are children, the court also decides conservatorship (the Texas term for custody), possession and access (visitation), and child support. Texas courts decide these questions based on the child's interests and generally recognize that children benefit from meaningful contact with both parents.

Under the Texas guidelines, base child support is typically 20 percent of the noncustodial parent's net resources for one child, subject to a statutory cap, and support generally continues until age 18 or high school graduation, whichever is later. The pages on child custody and on changing a child support order, linked below, cover both in more detail.

Call (915) 356-2222, Monday to Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, send a message through the contact page, or use the chat on this site. Each works in English or Spanish, and your consultation will be held in the language you prefer.

The office is at 801 E. Rio Grande Ave., El Paso, TX 79902.