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Fathers' Rights: Children Born Out of Wedlock in Texas?

It is a weekly if not a daily occurrence that fathers reach out to us to find out what their rights are in Texas in regards to their children. In the ...

I am not the biological father but I want to be - Paternity by Estoppel?

In the past 12 months, my office has represented three different Husbands each going through their own Texas divorce who all had cases in which their ...

Husband Not the Father, what do I do in a Texas Divorce?

This year I have had several consults in which the wives I have met with have brought up how their husbands are not the father of one of their ...

Pregnancy and Divorce: Can the two mix in Texas?

Anyone who has gone through a pregnancy, whether a mother or father, can understand the difficulties and stresses associated with the nine-month wait ...

Establishing paternity upon the birth of a child in Texas

When two married people have a child, it is presumed that the father of the child is the mother’s husband. For that presumption to be rebutted, ...

Nonmarital Children’s Paternity and Death of Alleged Father

Recently I have had more than one person ask me about establishing paternity and doing a name change after a father has passed away. There is an ...

How to handle child support in Texas when you are incarcerated

If you are responsible for paying child support and are also facing the possibility of going to jail or prison for having committed a crime, you ...

Can A Father Take A Child If He Is Not On The Birth Certificate?

Most fathers ask what rights they have to their children if they are not listed on the birth certificate. If a couple is married, it is always ...

How to handle child support as a non custodial parent

A benefit of being one of the attorneys working at the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC is that I have the opportunity to meet with many in our ...

How to handle child support as the non custodial parent, Part Two

In yesterday’s blog post from the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC , we introduced our topic of child support cases from the noncustodial parent’s ...

How to handle child support as the non custodial parent, Part Three

For many of you reading this blog you probably have no idea how to begin a child support case . It could be that as the noncustodial parent of your ...

How to handle a child support case as the non custodial parent, Part Four

The importance of paternity in a child support case If you are the presumed father of a child but have not yet been declared legally as the child’s ...

What does an Acknowledgment of Paternity actually say?

We have discussed paternity issues on our blog for the past couple of days. An important document related to paternity is an Acknowledgment of ...

Viewing a custody case through the eyes of a father

When considering a child custody or divorce case, the issues contained in these legal matters can have potentially significant impacts on the lives of ...