Child custody hearings are among the most emotionally charged and critical aspects of family law. When parents separate or divorce, determining the best living arrangements for their children is a top priority. While many parents strive to reach an agreement outside of court, custody disputes...
As grandparents, you love your grandchildren and want to maintain a strong relationship with them. However, sometimes family circumstances can prevent you from seeing your grandchildren as often as you'd like. In Texas, grandparents have legal rights to visitation and even custody under certain circumstances....
Many children in the U.S. have a parent living outside of the household and therefore, paying child support. According to the U.S. Census, one-half of all custodial parents, 49.4%, had either legal or informal child support agreements. Child support orders, similarly to custody, can get modified...
The right to see your child is a critical one. In just over 51% of custody decisions, both parents agree that the mother should become the custodial parent. Even if you’re not a custodial parent, this doesn’t mean that you can’t or won’t be able...
The thought of protecting your parental rights can be a scary one. If you and your partner are on tumultuous ground, children make it more complex. The thought of losing your children is also frightening. When it comes to your children, you want what is...
The Department of Child Protective Services (CPS) is an agency whose goal is to look out for the welfare of children. There are many reasons that they may get involved with your case. When this happens, it can be a scary time. Thoughts of CPS...
The Office of the Attorney General Child Support Division is the office responsible for the establishment and enforcement of child support. It is a statutorily-created child support enforcement agency for the State of Texas. They work to unsure the financial support of the child. Child support...
Spousal maintenance, commonly known as spousal support, is a court-ordered type of payment. There's a series of qualifications that you have to meet for spousal maintenance. Alimony is a contractual agreement between two parties. The court can't order alimony, they can only order spousal maintenance. Spousal Maintenance Eligibility...
When you start going through the legal process of a divorce, you will start to have a serious conversation about a number of different legal terms surrounding this dissolution of your marriage. If you have never gone through a divorce before, some of these terms...
Throughout March and April, we have seen our clients and their families impacted by COVID-19 in every way. In this blog, we are going to focus on the financial impact our clients have experienced and what can be done to lessen that impact, if anything, as...
