My spouse and I live in Dallas and own several properties in and around the Dallas area, including a restaurant that we own jointly. Our marriage has been bad for several years now and we are talking about divorce, which he says he doesn’t want. He claims if I move forward with a divorce, he’ll force the sale of all of our properties, including our restaurant. Running the restaurant is how I earn my living and I don’t want to sell it. If we did go to court for divorce, how would a judge divide our property? Can the judge give some of the properties to me, like the restaurant, and some to him without ordering that any of them be sold? Can the restaurant be put solely in my name in the divorce so that he cannot continue to work in it?
