When you decide to divorce, your children's well-being is no doubt your primary consideration. If you have concerns about your spouse's parenting ability, you may want to seek sole custody. However, winning a child custody agreement limiting the other parent's access...
Child Custody
What is a SAPCR?
In a Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship (SAPCR) case, a judge determines whether a parent has the right to visitation, custody, child support or medical support from the other parent. According to Texas law, when a divorcing couple has children, a SAPCR is...
What you need to know about parental alienation
Parental alienation is a very real and damaging issue that could happen if your former spouse attempts to turn your child against you. This is often the result of a custody fight where one parent is unhappy with the arrangement and uses the child to hurt the other...
What is the best interests of the child standard?
If you are a parent going through a divorce or conservatorship dispute, you have probably heard the phrase, “the best interests of the child.” This legal standard is the one by which judges in the Lone Star State settle many family-related matters. From a layperson’s...
How is conservatorship determined in Texas?
One of the toughest aspects of divorce is working out a parenting plan. This plan sets forth, among other things, whether you or your spouse will live with your children and whether you will both make decisions about their lives. As you divorce, you may fear that you...