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Children & Family

Lifetime Protective Order Upheld. Motion to Remove Dismissed

April 6, 2026

When a neighbor sought to remove a lifetime protective order while actively violating it. Chris was able to prove that the neighbor could not seek the dismissal and also argued that violations themselves justified keeping it in place. Case dismissed.…

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Can You Have A Child-Centered Divorce?

August 28, 2024

If you have children, you essentially already have a child-centered divorce because your child should be the most important part of your divorce…

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Child Custody Modification Under Texas Family Law

August 28, 2024

Why you may want to file for a Child Custody Modification In the legal world, “child custody modification” can mean a number of…

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Children and Texas Family Law: What is Reasonable?

August 28, 2024

Child Custody and Time The term “reasonable” appears at least once in virtually every order involving children in a Texas Family Law divorce or child custody matter. So what does…

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Children in Divorce

August 28, 2024

Children are prone to worry and invariably, children in divorce experience it as traumatic. As obvious as that seems, it is not always so…

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How Does Child Support Work?

January 12, 2024

Questions about child support are some of the most common that divorcing couples have as they enter the divorce process. Some of these…

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How To Tell Your Kids About Your Divorce

January 2, 2024

In the delicate conversation of discussing your decision to divorce with your children, seeking professional guidance from a mental health expert such as…

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Co-Parenting After Divorce

August 31, 2017

Many divorcing parents want to be able to work with the other parent in raising their children. We refer to this in legal…

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Child Custody Changes in the 85th Texas Legislature

July 7, 2017

The Texas Legislature closed the 2017 session on May 29. Several laws were passed that affect Texas Family Law. Here is one small…

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Child Custody Evaluation: Changes to Texas Family Law

June 26, 2017

Texas Family Law Changes in the 85th Texas Legislature The Texas Legislature closed its biannual session for 2017. Although a Special Session may…

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