Not all couples filing for separation end up getting divorced. Sometimes, when a couple opts for separation, it's because they're not sure they really want to go through with a divorce, but need time apart and their own spaces in order to figure things out. When...
Month: June 2017
Helping Clients to Make Ethical Decisions
Working in family law means that a number of the cases we try involve children. In family law, the inevitability is that decisions are made based on what's in the best interest of the child. If a case is litigated, the judge will use that as a measuring stick. If...
How Our Lawyers Can Help With Child Support Modification
When a couple with children gets divorced, child support is a big part of the discussion and the decree. But that discussion can, and often does, continue even after the decree is entered. A lot of that has to do with a person's ability to pay the court-ordered...
Equal Custody: Has Its Time Come in Texas?
It wouldn't be a legislative session in Austin without someone trying to remake family law in Texas! This year, there was a bill introduced by an East Texas legislator, Rep. James White, calling for equal custody for both parents in a divorce case. Adopting this bill...
How can an ethical attorney affect your case?
I believe that it's important for a family lawyer to be ethical in everything he or she does. We think of ethics as important in all things, and when someone selects a family lawyer to take on a divorce, the sense of a lawyer being ethical is certainly important. But...