Sep 04
What is Child Abuse? Both of the managing partners of our firm have children so we understand how sensitive this topic is. People love their children. In fact, most of the parents that admit abusing their child will tell you that they love their children. However, some parents either abuse the child when they get angry or upset, when they abuse alcohol or drugs, or if they have a psychological illness, for no reason at all. Texas child abuse laws criminalize physical, emotional, or...
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How does COVID-19 and the related shelter-in-place directives affect your rights as a parent in Texas? How does visitation work right now? What if the other parent is not behaving safely? We answer these and more as we discuss the latest news. The Texas Family Law podcast is available for download on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.
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Moving Your Child to Another School When a couple with children splits up, a common problem is: where do the kids go to school? If the parents are just living down the road from each other or they live in the same school district, then this isn't usually an issue. However, a much more common situation is where the parents end up living in different school districts or if parents disagree about which school to send their children to. This means that your children could su...
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How is COVID-19 impacting our Texas Family & Divorce Law Court system? How is it impacting lawyers and clients working together? Our hosts Jake & Brian answer these questions and more as they do a deep dive into the ways COVID-19 is changing our family court systems. The Texas Family Law podcast is available for download on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.
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Do you have visitation rights to your children with your ex-spouse or ex-partner though you don't have custody? Though many people use the word "custody" quite loosely, it is a word that people typically use to describe the parent that has the right to designate the child's residence. What happens if you are exercising visitation that the court awarded you, but then your ex decides to move to another city? What if they are planning on moving out of the state or even out of the cou...
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Your kids are important to you so I'm sure that you want to know how you can get or keep custody. Many clients often worry about how a judge or jury would decide on which parent would be awarded custody. It is important to point out that by “custody,” most people mean which parent gets to determine the primary residence of the child. In other words, which parent will the child live with? As for which parent is awarded this right, the Family Code dictates that a judge ...
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One of the most areas of Texas Family Law undergoing the most change is Grandparents Rights. In general, Grandparents have limited rights to their grandchildren. For most Grandparents, that is not a problem - they work out things with the kids and grand-kids just fine. However, sometimes grandparents don't have great relationships with their children and thus have to resort to filing a lawsuit for visitation and/or custody. (more…)
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