If you’re a parent navigating summer, you know that the buildup to it — finding summer camps, paying for summer camps, and getting kids excited about those summer camps — can be exhausting. But once you’ve got them there, summer can be a more relaxed time for everyone...
High school graduation is one of the most important milestones in a child’s life. It’s the culmination of 13 years of school, and it’s a rite of passage that signals your child is becoming an adult. For some, it happens right before a child turns 18 and officially...
If you have children and you’re getting divorced, the phrase that judges and family lawyers come back to time and time again is “acting in the best interest of the children.” That phrase also figures into a key piece of Texas case law dealing with whether parents can...
One of the most challenging aspects of being a divorced parent is that your children are moving between two separate households. To make matters more complicated, one of the most challenging times to be a parent, whether you’re married, in the process of divorcing, or...
Traveling outside of the United States can be one of the most momentous and certainly memorable times of one’s life. When you get to do it as a child, it can be even more transformational than it is for adults. But travel requires passports, and passports can be a...
If you have kids, and it’s June, it’s quite possible you’ve got a new routine going this month. You might be taking your kids to summer camp rather than school, and if you are, there’s a lot to be said for the decision to enrich your children’s education this summer....
For divorced parents during this holiday season we’re just wrapping up, the parenting schedule comes into special focus. Parents are not only aware of what the schedule is, but they’re aware of the limitations and the disappointment that comes with it. It could even...
We’re coming up on spring break, which if you’re going by the letter of the law in the Texas Family Code, is an all-or-nothing prospect for divorced parents. According to Section 153 of the Texas Family Code, which sets guidelines for the Standard Possession Order,...
We confess to checking in on celebrity divorce news from time to time — in part because there can be some unexpected (and unexpectedly good) lessons coming from those stories. And we found a very surprising one in the pages of People, good to keep in mind for anyone...
We’ve talked a lot about holiday scheduling for divorcing and divorced parents over the years, and with good reason. If you follow standard orders under the Texas Family Code, you know that you’ll get your kids for half the Thanksgivings and half the Christmas Eves...