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The attorneys with the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC have previously written in our blogs that your children are going to be impacted more heavily by your divorce than anyone else- including you and your spouse. This is unfortunate because at least ...

The overarching standard that a judge in your child custody or divorce case will utilize in order to make decisions in your case that are relevant to your children is the “Best Interests of the Child” standard. Like the phrase indicates, your judge ...

Suppose that you and your child’s other parent are going through a difficult child custody case. Your little one is now six years old and in the first grade at the elementary school in your neighborhood. She is happy, you are happy, but her father is ...

Nobody knows exactly what goes through a particular judge's mind in a particular case in family court . Yours will be no exception to that rule. We can take educated guesses and base those guesses on experience but if an attorney tells you that they ...

If you have ever been through a legal case where you had to appear in front of a judge for a hearing or trial, you have probably had the same thoughts that every attorney in the history of the law has had: I wonder what that judge is thinking. ...

I often have potential clients that come into my office wanting “custody.” Custody is a term that means different things to different people. In my experience, child custody matters can be one of the most contentious types of family law. In this blog ...

For most people, whether they are going through a divorce or child custody case in Texas , a mediated settlement agreement is the golden ticket to finalizing their case. By choosing the work out an agreement with the opposing party outside of the ...

If a judge has approved your or the opposing party’s request to have a child custody evaluation conducted, or has ordered one done on their own, it is logical that he or she would place a great amount of weight on this evidence. This means that the ...

Children’s issues can be some of the most hard fought and contentious parts of a Texas divorce . It is not uncommon for parents going through a divorce not to care about anything but the children. It is not uncommon for there to not to be any ...

Determining what is in the best interests of your child As a parent, you likely have the belief that you know what is in the best interests of your child. Under most circumstances, our legal system would agree with you. You can decide what church ...

It may come as a surprise to you, but in the context of a legal case, your interests and those of your child may not be completely aligned. This is probably surprising to you because since your child has been born you have made decisions and behaved ...

As a Houston, Texas divorce lawyer I have had the opportunity to help parents with their parental relocation cases. If you are seeking to relocate with your children or you are seeking to ensure that your children remain close by so you can fully ...

This article discusses Amicus Attorneys in Child Custody Disputes cases in Harris and Montgomery County in Texas. In some child custody disputes, the court may appoint an amicus attorney , to help the court decide what is in the best interests of the ...

So much of what we do on this blog is to provide you with advice that can positively impact your own behavior that is associated with your family law case. That’s not to say that you don’t know how to act or anything like that. However, the simple ...

Today’s blog post is intended to approach the subject of your relationship with your child from the perspective of the judge who will be overseeing your case. The way that you parent your parent is dependent on many factors that are specific to your ...

Family law cases not only take a lot out of you as a participant in the case but can also have a profound effect on your child. The irony is that you and your child’s other parent filed the case in order to help your child but ultimately the effect ...

A while back, a friend and fellow attorney had asked me some questions regarding terminating parental rights on a father. My friend’s potential client, the father, had a one-night stand that resulted in a pregnancy. The mother was planning on going ...

One of the things that comes up in many of my consults is a parent who tells me that they want to get 50/50 time with their children. I have briefly touch on this topic in a previous blog article, “ 10 Myths About Divorce in Texas, Part One .” In ...

In all family law cases , the court’s primary concern is the best interest of the child. In determining the amount of child support to be paid, the court looks at a variety of factors. However, the amount that the court orders must be reasonable and ...

Answering common child custody questions for Texas parents In recent months I have had a handful of people come into the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC with questions about how set in stone their Divorce Decree is. The real issue that these folks ...

Joint Managing Conservatorship in Texas How Our Houston Family Law Attorneys Can Help A divorce can be an emotionally overwhelming experience, especially for children. The inevitability of the permanent separation of the family unit results in many ...

One of the most frequent questions that I receive when I am meeting with potential clients of the Law Office of Bryan Fagan is whether or not that parent has a realistic opportunity to be named as the primary conservator of their child. In the world ...

Many people (women, mostly) will change their legal name after their divorce has been finalized. It is simple to do so in the divorce as long as the name you are asking yours to be changed to has been one you’ve gone by before and the request is not ...

The adoption process can be a very emotional experience for everyone involved. You may be feeling excited, anxious, or unsure about what steps to take next. The attorneys at The Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC, are here to answer all your questions ...

I periodically consult with a potential client who ask about terminating their own parental rights. Why would a parent want to relinquish their parental rights? In this case as in it came come down to money. The father felt that child support was too ...

Something our office gets a lot of questions regarding is the termination of parental rights. Many of these questions are from fathers who do not want to pay child support. I generally have to tell them that is not a good reason for terminating ...

The word that I hear most often from clients in regard to their children, and frankly use myself when discussing the rights and duties of parents, is “ custody ”. It’s a word that is commonly used in our culture today and as a result is what most ...

In case you have not checked in on our blog the past few days I wanted to share with you what we have been writing about. Due to the volume of questions, I have received from parents in our free-of-charge consultations regarding how judges will view ...

In family law cases that involve mental health issues families but not only deal with the hardships that a case presents them with, but also must handle the problems associated with the particular circumstances of their family. In yesterday's blog ...

In a divorce or child custody dispute in Texas , the parents are usually named Joint Managing Conservators . This means that the rights and duties of parenthood are shared between the parents. However, in some cases the court might decide to name one ...

Before engaging in a custody or conservatorship battle you need to way the cost. A custody battle will very likely: Cause you and your child pain drain your bank account cost you time as it drags and on However, sometimes a custody battle is your ...

The majority of family law cases, whether child custody or divorce, do not require any sort of contested hearing. Most of the time you and your opposing party would be able to settle whatever issues are relevant to your case- either in mediation or ...

In yesterday's blog post from the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, we introduced the topic of how your case will be handled by the judge whose court your case has been assigned to. You need to know ahead of time that the judge will view your case based on ...

Today I met with a potential client asking for advice on whether they could terminate parental rights of their child's other parent. In this case the parent had been absent for several years and had not provided any support. In today’s blog I thought ...