You and your spouse may not see eye to eye on matters of conservatorship as you divorce. And neither of you may want to budge on your positions. But you will need to resolve any conflicts before your divorce finalizes. If you cannot do so on your own, you have two...
Child Custody
Protecting your child: The International Hague Convention
As a parent of a child who has two parents from different countries, you know that your divorce has more custody concerns than others. You may worry that your spouse will take your child to his or her country and fail to bring your little one home. You could worry...
Guide your kids through the hurricane of holiday custody
Children of divorced parents experience stresses that their friends living in two-parent nuclear families know nothing about. This is especially true over the holidays, a time when kids of all ages can yearn for the type of family unity they may only dimly remember....
Modifying child custody and support in Texas
If your child has experienced a change in his or her circumstances, you may be considering modifying the terms of support, visitation, or child custody.Under Texas law, it is possible for modifications to be made, however a parent must demonstrate that there has been...
How do you decide what’s really in a child’s best interests?
You probably hear it all the time: The focus of a child custody divorce case should be deciding what is in the best interests of the child. The goal here is to focus on the kids - who did not ask for the divorce, after all - so that the troubles their parents are...
Start now to resolve back-to-school disagreements with your ex
When you have children, summers can fly by. Before you know it, it is time to shop for school supplies and clothes as back-to-school time looms. This should be a time of excitement for the next steps in your kids' lives, but when you are divorced, school might bring...
How crossing state lines can affect grandchild visitation
Families are frequently spread out across the country. Your children may still reside within Texas but across the state in Austin or San Antonio. Other kids may have moved to California or New England. This can make spending time with grandchildren difficult in the...
Family conflict can be very impactful on kids
Many things could have the possibility to affect how likely a person is to get divorced in the future. This not only includes things that have happened in their adult life, but also things that happened when they were a kid. A recent study points to being exposed to a...
Start with the basics of Texas child custody law
Child custody issues are probably the ones that generate the greatest amount of friction and require the greatest amount of delicacy in the area of family law. Texas parents are generally the same when it comes to their children. They all have a desire to see that the...
