If you share custody of your children with a co-parent, you must occasionally meet to exchange the kids. Even if you have a decent relationship with your children’s other parent, custody hand-offs can be prime opportunities for conflict. Conflict usually is not good...
When dealing with a messy divorce and the resulting child custody decision, you may find yourself wondering how to deal with a spouse that is keeping you from seeing your kids. Trying to avoid interference from the other parent in a joint managing conservatorship can...
Many people in the Austin area probably understand that when parents who are living in separate homes are able to cooperate with each other and maintain a cordial relationship, at least when it comes to raising the children they have in common, it is better for all...
In Travis County, a "guardian ad litem" is a court-appointed official who is supposed to represent the best interests of the child in a family law proceeding. While guardians ad litem are only automatically appointed in certain adoption and in parental termination...
Many states have specific laws that guide the process when a single parent wishes to move either out of state or a good distance from the other parent. Almost all states have some legal framework in place to address this situation.After all, relocations are highly...
In typical child custody cases, many experts agree that it is best when both parents have an active and significant role in their children's lives. Achieving this may require parents in Austin to set aside their differences and work hard to get along for the sake of...
When Texas courts award conservatorship, which is this state's name for child custody, they will do their best to try to determine the best interests of the children involved.However, deciding what is or is not in the best interests of a child is not an easy task,...
Many people in Texas and throughout America probably have a vision of the court system as conservative and reluctant to change. However, in the realm of family law courts, change has come quite quickly in recent years, as many judges throughout the country begin to...
Texas residents going through a divorce have quite a few issues to address to resolve the case, but perhaps none are as important as the main issues that involve children: child custody and child support. Each family is different, so, in many cases, different child...
When Texas residents are going through a divorce, many find that the child custody issue is the most emotional part of the process. A divorce can be tough on anyone, but couples who have children sometimes feel like the divorce process is particularly hard on them....
