Fatherhood is a cherished institution in American life, but it can also be a thorny question when it comes to family law cases where it’s important to determine who is responsible for a child’s welfare. With that in mind, it’s useful to go through the four types of...
At the Law Office of Lisa A. Vance, we're advocates for fathers' rights because we feel that the bond between fathers and children are special, and we want to make sure that those rights are protected. That was the inspiration for a video involving two collaborators...
We like to see what people are talking and thinking about across the broad spectrum of family law, so from time to time, we visit family law blogs like ours (and not like ours!). Recently, we came across a blog article that dispenses advice about making divorce...
Thanks to a new law that’s been passed in the Texas Legislature during the 2021 session, there’s a pathway for people who have lost their parental rights in Texas to get them back. It’s a big deal, because in the past, once your parental rights were terminated, they...
At the Law Office of Lisa A. Vance, we think a lot about what’s best for children in a divorce and as they grow up in divorced households. In many cases, that involves fathers being allowed time and space to be in their children’s lives. In fact, more judges are...
Child sexual abuse is one of the most horrible, unthinkable crimes out there. Most of us rightly know how wrong it is and how potentially damaging it can be. Of course, there's more awareness about it now than ever before. It's not something that just gets swept under...
This Sunday, of course, is Father's Day, and it's a time that we celebrate fathers. For fathers who have just gone through divorce, it can be a particularly trying time. In many cases, fathers will end up in what's called the "non-custodial parent" role in legal terms...
At the Law Office of Lisa Vance, we work with a lot of fathers who are concerned about fathers' rights--they want to make sure they can see their children, they want to make sure they can have a sufficient level of parenting time as they negotiate custody issues, and...
Those who find themselves in the midst of a CPS investigation, in which they temporarily lose the right to parent their children, will experience an extremely trying process. The claim that sets an investigation in motion might be unfounded, but the investigation has...