Advocates say many Americans do not realize child sex trafficking happens in the United States, not just overseas. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children estimates that at least 100,000 children in the U.S. are victims of prostitution each year. Advocacy groups and the North Texas Trafficking Task Force are focused on underage victims coming [...]
Your lawyer will interview you carefully about what has happened. The question will be asked of you: WHY NOW. WHAT HAS HAPPENED THAT HAS YOU COME IN NOW, TODAY? The purpose of this question is to help you and the lawyer focus on any immediate deadlines or issues: are the children about to start school [...]
I. What to look for in choosing the lawyer for you. The kind of lawyer you will want for your case depends of course on what you want, and on your own needs and desires and your budget. Of course you want a lawyer with years of experience, who is personally acquainted with the court [...]
Do you have a large family? Are family gatherings an important part of the holidays in your family? Are you dreading Thanksgiving without your child or children? There is help. Here is a common sense solution we offer to our clients. The law provides that the parent who has the child or children for Thanksgiving, [...]
// For relatives or caretakers that have been awarded temporary custody of a child or children while the parents are in treatment or incarcerated: What to expect when you go to Family Court Services: Whenever there is a question for the court to decide concerning custody and possession of children, the court will order a [...]
Fathers: Bad things can happen to good fathers – and their children Fathers are in a particularly vulnerable position in Texas. I have seen cases where a father has been diligently going to work every day, largely unaware and oblivious of the fact that his wife is slowly turning the children away from him and [...]
I will begin this advice by reminding you what you already know: If you are dealing with a situation of sexual abuse of a child in Texas, you must, by law, report the suspected abuse to the DFPS – Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. There is a hotline in Texas- 1-800-252-5400. Or you [...]
Many people remember their grandparents – and see grandparents today – as the emotional anchor of their extended families. It seems intuitively logical that grandparents should have the right, legally, to step in and intervene when they see their grandchildren in situations of abuse, neglect and worse. Drug use of adult children is all too [...]
