One question we’re accustomed to getting at the Law Office of Lisa A. Vance is whether judges are biased toward mothers in child custody cases. We get the question from both men and women. Men who are invested in their children’s lives are worried about how much...
In last week’s blog article, we discussed the phenomenon of parental alienation and its obvious effects on divorce. Though our article takes a deep dive into what it is and what it looks like, it can be defined simply as strategies one parent takes to distance a child...
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...
Though it may seem an inconvenience and an added expense, there are benefits to having an attorney review any private or business agreement you may be entering into. This is especially true when it comes to your rights as a parent or in some cases, as a donor. As the...
Paternity of a child is automatically established if the parents are married to each other when the child is born. However, in Texas, if the parents of a child are not married at the time of birth, then paternity must be established Typically, paternity tests...
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...
In my last article, I talked about the CPS mediation process and what parents can expect when they enter into that process. Obviously, parents in mediation are concerned as to what the outcome will be, especially given that their parental rights lie in the balance. Of...
Let’s say you’re a parent of a child, you’ve recently divorced in San Antonio, and are operating under a standard divorce decree in which you have parenting time on Thursday nights, on the first, third, and fifth weekend, and get to choose 30 days...
One of the most surprising aspects of the Texas Family Code, as it relates to father’s rights, deals with stepdads. It’s actually possible for a stepdad to gain parental rights to a child if he meets several requirements. But even with that provision...
