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Hey, Divorcing Dads: Say Less, Say It Slower
As a divorcing dad, you’re tempted to keep up your instant responses (10 minutes or less) to anything from your soon-to-be-ex. If it’s not a [...]
Divorce Mediation: An Overview
Getting divorced involves making a lot of important decisions that will impact your future, including but not limited to: The division of assets and debts. [...]
Modifying A Child Support Order
When Does Child Support End? In Texas, child support payments must be made until the child turns 18 years old or graduates high school—whichever event [...]
The Child Custody Holiday Schedule In Texas
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. At least that’s what the song tells us. But for parents who live separately and have to [...]
Unmarried Fathers In Texas: Claiming Your Paternal Rights
You’re a father who wants to see his child, but you’ve never been married to the mother. Maybe the mother is blocking you from seeing [...]
Top 5 Co-Parenting Apps
A divorce between parents can be a hotly contested dispute, which can lead to difficulties in effectively co-parenting their children. Furthermore, even cooperating parents can [...]
Can My Spouse & I Legally Separate In Texas?
While divorce is the dissolution of a marriage, legal separation is a court-recognized, de facto separation while a couple remains legally married, which gives the [...]
Types Of Child Custody In Texas
Child custody in Texas is known as “conservatorship,” which details the legal rights and responsibilities of each parent. Parents are referred to as “conservators,” rather [...]
How Remarriage Affects Child & Spousal Support In TX
Child support and spousal support (i.e., alimony) are often part of a final divorce agreement in Texas. However, what happens if one or both spouses [...]
Do Texas Grandparents Have Visitation Rights?
Being a grandparent is one of the greatest joys in life. In many families, not only do grandparents spend a lot of time with their [...]