Search Our Site

The responsibility of a noncustodial parent to pay child support in Texas ends when the child in question turns eighteen or graduates from high school, whichever occurs later in time. This is nearly always what your court orders will say if you went ...

If you have served our country as a member of our military you know the true meaning of sacrifice. You have given your all for a cause larger than yourself and for that, you should be commended. The services that you have provided to the United ...

When clients come into the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC to discuss their family law questions and problems it is frequent that I will hear him or her use the term “fight” or “war” or “battle” to describe what is going on at home. As a parent, I ...

If you are getting a divorce and also have a child then contained within your Final Decree of Divorce will be parenting plan. This parenting plan discusses and will contain the road-map for parenting your child until he or she reaches 18 and/or ...

A lot of prospective clients that come in for a free consultation with one of the licensed family law attorneys with the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC will do so with questions about their marriage . These folks are not necessarily looking to file ...

What sort of benefits and disadvantages may be inherent for you and your spouse when it comes to signing a premarital agreement ? That is probably the most common question that I am asked by a person when he or she is either considering a premarital ...

Do you think that your circumstances are so unique that nobody else could know what you're going through? Are the problems of your family so unique that the one size fits all solutions that you've found all over the internet wouldn't work for you and ...

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 ...

When parents walk into the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC for a consultation with one of our family law attorneys , the subject will invariably turn to how they can maximize the amount of time that they are able to spend with their child. This is ...

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 ...

If you believe that a divorce or child custody case is something that is in your future it is important to understand the basics of family law in Texas. While hiring strong and steady representation for yourself, such as the Law Office of Bryan ...

If you are involved in any sort of child custody case, it is possible that a central topic, in that case, will be the performance of your child in the classroom. Their education is something at the top of your priorities list, but it is the same for ...

Modification or Enforcement cases can be filed either by you, your attorney or by the Office of the Attorney General. Many people have into the Law Office of Bryan Fagan for a free consultation to tell us that their ex-spouse has hired the Office of ...

Texas is a big state. Texas is a state with a lot of people living here. Stop me before I tell you something you already knew. Fort Hood is one of the largest military installations in the country. Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio is the site ...

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 ...

In order to finalize a divorce in Texas , certain procedures must be followed in order for the Court to grant the divorce. Military divorces are similar in many regards to civilian divorces there are factors that need to be considered by families in ...

Many people enter into a family law case in Texas with the mistaken idea that they are above all else attempting to win as much time with their children as possible. Every other issue comes in a distant second to being able to tuck their little ones ...

Ultimately, if you are involved in a Texas family law case that involves your children nothing else matters by comparison. We can talk all day and all night about how to divide up the equity in your home when it is sold but if you are not comfortable ...

The question of whether or the COVID -19 pandemic is one that is important to many families in southeast Texas. If you have recently gone through a family law case, or were in the middle of one when the pandemic hit, then you know how important it is ...

Life for the men and women who serve in our country’s military is both extremely rewarding but also full of challenges and hardships. As an attorney with the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC, I have had the opportunity and the honor to represent ...

A common question asked by Fathers who come to our office for a consultation is a variation on, "I have a friend/cousin/co-worker who told me that fathers can't get a fair outcome from a judge in a Texas divorce when it comes to their children. Is ...

Just because you are an enlisted member of a military branch does not mean that your life outside of your commitment to our country does not continue. Unfortunately, you will need to deal with problems regarding your family at some point. From ...

As we begin to enter the last stretch of the school year prior to summer vacation, you may have run into some issue in your child’s school-life that has caused you to reflect upon whether or not it would be a good idea to have him or her homeschooled ...

A very common question that clients ask when beginning the process of a divorce or a child custody suit is: “Can I receive sole custody of my child?” However, this can be a difficult question to answer because in Texas there really is no such thing ...

The nuclear family of the 1950s is no longer the norm in the United States if it ever was in the first place. In today’s world non-parents (including Grandparents) play larger roles in their family’s lives than in previous generations when parents ...

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, evidence to the contrary must be produced for a Court to rule otherwise. When unmarried people have a ...

If you are in the military or are a spouse of an active duty servicemember you don’t need me to tell you that your life is different than most of your neighbors. The demands on your time, the expectations placed on you and your family in your career ...

Family Law is a field that sees its fair share of difficult cases and circumstances for an attorney to engage in. After all, when you get down to it we are working with people like yourself whose families are going through very tough times and ...

It is not uncommon for a client to express concern to me regarding possible changes to their income during a divorce in relation to their obligations to pay child support . What I usually tell them is in general after a divorce property issues are ...

The Texas child custody process can be a confusing, emotional, and stressful maze to navigate. It does not help that the laws concerning child custody and divorce vary by state. This blog article is intended to help answer many of the important ...