Some clients come to the Law Office of Lisa A. Vance to settle child custody cases, wanting to know if sole custody is possible. The short answer to that is that it is possible, particularly if a case aligns with an element within Section 153 of the Texas Family Code,...
There are a lot of questions regarding coronavirus right now. Some of them, like when life will get back to normal, requires a crystal ball to be able to answer. But each state’s officials are beginning to get their collective heads around legal issues that are...
While a number of couples try to “get through the holidays” before getting started with a divorce, some couples find themselves in the midst of divorce proceedings in the midst of the holiday season. And that’s tough for a few reasons. For divorcing...
One of the biggest challenges for parents who get divorced, especially when the divorce is relatively still new, is coordinating schedules. The divorce decree will give parents a parenting plan, that will let them know a set schedule of days of the week, weekends of...
Parents who have gone through a divorce often don’t see eye to eye on a number of issues. That’s often a contributor to why the couple got a divorce in the first place, and even though they’re still required to communicate with each other as parents...
Parents can get very territorial about their children in a divorce case, even after the divorce is final. Some can be so acrimonious that one parent doesn’t want the other to have any access to the children at all. In some cases, a parent may simply decide that...
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...
I have recently had the opportunity to sit in on some Child Protective Services interviews related to custody cases I have been working on. Even for people who have been model parents, CPS interviews can be scary, because their findings can lead to people losing the...
When parents negotiate a divorce settlement, parenting time is one of the most important elements to consider. Too often, in my view, parents either go with the default standard order or seek a 50/50 schedule in the interest of “fairness” and “equal...
I’ve recently been working on a child custody case in which testimony from the Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) was central to our case. While involving an LPC isn’t essential in all custody cases, it’s crucial to have one involved if there are...
