Divorce Tip
Change your email and banking passwords.
Now.






Dependency Law Tip
Don't expect your counselor to keep what you say in therapy secret from your CPS caseworker.






LGBT Tip
Consider collaborative law or mediation; you do not have full access to family courts in Texas. Yet.

What is family law?

Family law encompasses legal matters pertaining to:
  • marriage
  • children
  • other relatives
  • romantic partners 
Other areas of family law:
Different approaches to divorce:
  • uncontested
  • collaborative
  • contested/litigated/traditional
These approaches can be fluid. A client can come to me with a divorce that began as a contested, adversarial divorce, and after a successful mediation, husband and wife could end up working out the property issues and the divorce ends up as uncontested.
 
Common legal disputes between parents about children often involve:
  • child custody
  • child visitation
  • child support enforcement
These cases about children between parents, called SAPCRs in Texas, can happen after married parents divorce and need changes to the parts of their divorce decree that relate to the kids or when unmarried parents need orders to sort out their rights vis-à-vis their children.

Other: 

If you find yourself with a family law matter not specifically addressed on any individual page, feel free to contact my office and set up a consultation to tell me about it. I can handle matters other than those specifically listed.