3 Things Bellville Residents Should Know Before Filing for Divorce

If you live in Bellville, the filing counter and the Court at Law are local. Get these three straight before anyone walks into 265 North Chesley.

1. Bellville residents file for divorce at 265 North Chesley, Suite 1, not at the granite courthouse on the square, and not at the probate counter in Suite 7. The courthouse at 1 East Main is what visitors photograph. Family-law cases go to District Clerk Sue Murphy in Suite 1. County Clerk Diane Day in Suite 7 handles probate. Mix those counters and you delay a filing where the same desk also does passports.

2. Keeping kids in Bellville ISD is not the same as keeping them on the Tesch and Schumann Brahma campuses. O'Bryant Primary and Intermediate sit at 413 and 414 South Tesch. Junior high and Brahma Stadium sit at 1305 South Tesch. Bellville High is at 850 Schumann Road. West End Elementary in Industry is still Bellville ISD. Primary residence usually sets the campus, so name the campuses, not just the district.

3. Austin County 1-D-1 cattle-and-hay acres around Bellville are not worth the number on the tax statement. The estate is often an in-town house plus productivity-valued land. A 1-D-1 appraisal is not market value, and inherited acres can still carry reimbursement claims. Value the tract on this county's ag rules.

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