Kenneth G. Raggio

I looked up international divorce on the web. I found Ken Raggio. I was also referred to him by an attorney who knows the reputation of the Raggio’s in the Dallas legal community and specifically in divorce and family law. Specifically, my husband and I had last lived together at his home in... Germany. Which meant that this was an international divorce case. My goals were very clear: I wanted to get a divorce, instead of spending months or years and a small fortune dealing with jurisdictional issues that arise all the time in international divorces. So Ken devised a straightforward and efficient plan to try and help me achieve my goal. And it worked! I went to court with Ken just three months after the divorce was filed and got my divorce granted. I appreciate Ken’s quick analysis of my situation and very accurate advice. It led me to the exact resolution that I desired.

My husband and I had not been getting along. We are both professionals who mostly work outside of Dallas, and were rarely at home at the same time. Then I get a letter from a lawyer saying he wants to annul our marriage, and that if I didn't agree that they would make me pay his attorneys fees. ... I was referred to Ken Raggio, who told me that an annulment was NOT appropriate, and that I should not agree to something like that, and that if my husband wanted a divorce, he should file for a divorce. He eventually did file. And we exchanged documents. And I quantified how much my husband had spent on his girlfriend. And even though the lawyers never met and my husband and I never met about the divorce, we were able to get the house under contract for sale and come to a complete agreement dividing all our property. And I got my name back! Ken was able to help me see and deal with the reality of my situation and helped me to come to a final resolution with which I am happy. Thanks.

I consulted with Ken Raggio and the others at Raggio & Raggio and hired them to file a divorce for me. I had previously filed for divorce with another lawyer, but eventually dismissed it. Ken was so much more thorough in telling me what I needed to know, and was firm in keeping me focused on the th...ings that he said I needed to be focused on. I’m sure he got mad at me on more than one occasion! Anyway, my big complaint was the lack of transparency and financial with my spouse. As soon as the divorce was filed, Ken got all the financial information that I really only suspected existed and was very comforting. My spouse has again asked me to reconcile and we put off the temporary hearing for which Ken had prepared me fully and completely to give our reconciliation a chance. Don’t know if my spouse and I will make it; as Ken says the founding fathers said, “pursuit of happiness, not guarantee of happiness,” but Ken helped get to the place where I feel better about my situation than I have for years.

Earlier this year I went to my doctor for a routine visit. They said my medical insurance was invalid. I called my insurance compnay who told me, oh by the way, he was not an employee. I had trusted my spouse to handle our finances so for the first time I checked out the bank account. I found extr...avegant travel expenses that my spouse had taken a paramour on, because I certainly wasn’t there–or even knew about these trips. My sister works at the Dallas County Courthouse and suggested that I call Ken Raggio and set up an appointment, which I did. My spouse was in town then, but stated he would be going out of the country to work and wouldn’t be back for months. So I made the gut-wretching decision to file then and get him served while he was still here. So there. The case got started. My spouse also hired good lawyers, so we informally exchanged a lot of documents and account information. I concluded that my spouse had wasted hundreds of thousands of our dollars on the paramour and on other things. I felt I was getting, with Ken’s direction, enough information to be able to assess my currrent situation–one I never really expected or wanted to be in. Ken explained to me–several times– how the law would likely be applied to the facts of my case. He kept me focused on what could be, not upon what I wanted things to be. So equipped with this knowledge, I dealt with my spouse to see if we could cut a deal. I contunually asked Ken questions about this or that issue. And he would advise me on my range of options. Eventaully we did get to an agreement, and I got the house that my spouse owned prior to our marriage. But the deal we had made had to be very tightly papered, as I felt my ex-spouse would likely disappear as soon as the divirce decree was signed. So we had a small mountain of deliverables that I got from my spouse at Court when BOTH of us appeared to give testimony to prove up the facts of out agreement. Yes, I wish the divorce had been easier and cheaper. But already just a week or so after the divorce, the house has been transferred to my name, the debt on the house paid off, the money I was to get transferred to my account, and most of the other details have been fulfilled. The retirement order has already been approved as “qualified.” I am grateful that Ken and his firm were there to help me. I feel that I am much better off where I am now, with the divorce over with, than waiting for a multiday trial to come up next year. There would have been a lot of expense to get things ready for mediation and for trial, and I am glas not to have had to do all those steps. I didn’t expect to have to hire Ken this year, but I am glad that I did. I highly recommend Ken and his firm.

I talked to Tom Raggio a couple years ago about filing for divorce and authorized him to do it, but later changed my mind. I can’t get back those two years, but I finally called the Raggio’s again. This time with my and Tom’s agreement, Ken Raggio met with me. Ken was very direct with me in indicat...ing that everything was my choice. He asked this question: are you willing to take the risk that you be in the same place two years from now that you were two years ago? Over a couple of weeks, I realized that our attempts to deal with my spouses alcoholism that cost us many thousand dollars and really hadn’t worked out to make the marriage worthwhile. So reluctantly, So I filed for divorce. Ken suggested that we draw up a complete package to be able to settle the case. This took a lot of work, but Ken was able to attach all the paperwork necessary to resolve the case with my spouse in my case and these other settlement papers attached with the papers that would be served or delivered by the process server to my spouse. With very few changes, this became the deal that my spouse and I agreed on and that the court approved by signing the decree of divorce. I am very pleased with the guidance and comfort that Ken Raggio and the Raggio firm has given to me in finally dealing with my dead marriage, and giving me the encouragement to move on with my life. And I’m sure it will be a happier life! I highly recommend Ken and his firm!