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 [...]
Bring any documents you have received in the mail or which have been served upon you Bring all correspondence from your spouse or especially from a lawyer – asking you to sign an agreement? BRING IT. DON’T SIGN ANYTHING UNTIL YOU GET IT REVIEWED BY AN EXPERIENCED LAWYER! Bring a copy of everything in the [...]
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 [...]
