When you have children with your ex-spouse, you may not have the ability to share custody. In many cases, there is one custodial and one non-custodial parent. If you are the custodial parent, you may not feel as though it is your responsibility to foster a...
For many people in Texas and across the United States, the divorce process is often overwhelming and frustrating. In addition to determining child custody, alimony and parenting plans, spouses must divide the property they gathered during the marriage. While some...
When your Texas marriage ends and you and your ex have children together, you need to figure out who is going to care for them and when moving forward. If you and your child’s other parent are unable to come to an agreement about custody and parenting time, the...
When you are going through a divorce, often, your world gets turned upside down. You may be uncertain about many things: what assets you’ll receive, if you will receive primary custody of your children and how you will afford to live on your own. You may hope that you...
Co-parenting is a term you often see in the media these days. It’s a term that refers to two parents, in separate households, raising a child together in harmony. It’s a far cry from the strictly separated divorced families of the past. While co-parenting is the best...
Death is not an easy subject for most people. Adults struggle with the enormity and finality of death, and many find it hard to make sense of the feelings that accompany the loss. Children suffer when a loved one dies, and it can be even more challenging for them to...
Whether a couple has a child together through birth or adoption, both parents must legally contribute to the financial support of that child. It doesn’t matter if the parents are no longer legally married, living as a couple, or if they never lived as a couple. When...
Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, many courts, including Bexar county, have turned to a platform called Zoom to conduct hearings. Though the transition may seem daunting to some considering the nature of the family law practice, using the application is quite...
Uncontested Divorce Many couples are able to reach an agreement regarding the division of their property and debts as well as conservatorship for their children. In such cases, when all issues are agreed upon by the spouses, an uncontested divorce is appropriate. The...
Child custody is one of the most challenging aspects of marriage dissolution proceedings, if not the most perilous part of a divorce case. Time and again, a momentous struggle in a divorce proceeding involves the matter of child custody. The underlying law in every...
