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An Emergency Protective Order (EPO) is a court order that you can obtain that is enforceable in criminal court. It would be issued against a person who has acted in an abusive manner towards you or a person living in your household. Typically, an EPO ...

Otherwise known as a Magistrate’s Order of Emergency Protection, an emergency protective order must contain the following information no matter what your particular circumstances are. As we discussed yesterday, a judge must note that if the person ...

My recommendation is that if you need to file for an emergency custody order is that you will need a family law attorney . However, if that is not an option for you and you must represent yourself at a temporary hearing in family court, this guide ...

Probably the most frantic people that I come into contact with as a family law attorney are spouses that are needing to not only file for divorce but are victims of violent actions at the hands of their spouse. In these situations, we do not have ...

In the age of the coronavirus pandemic, it is important for you to understand that your family law needs can still be met by the legal community. If you are pondering a divorce , child custody case or any other matter there are attorneys who can ...

When can CPS remove your child from your home in Texas and what can you do about it? The most sickening and nerve-wracking experience in connection with a CPS investigation is the concern that you likely share with any other parent who has been ...

With so much of our news media focusing on hypothetical situations that involve extremely complicated sets of data and models to interpret that data, I wanted to put out some content that may actually be able to provide you with some real world ...

Many parents in Texas who have a child together but are not married end up going before a family court judge to have child support orders set up. That process may have been started by the Office of the Attorney General if you applied for government ...

There is a problem in our State (and you could insert the words country and world in here if you would like) regarding violence between spouses and intimate dating partners. Between emergency phone calls to law enforcement regarding incidents that ...

The world as we knew it came to a screeching halt in the middle of March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a world where we were all moving so quickly before, a virus has caused us to reassess (hopefully for not much longer) what is important and it ...

As the coronavirus continues to progress (hopefully) towards a conclusion, many people have questions about their family law related matters. Living under family court orders can be difficult enough as it is without pandemic swirling in the ...

As the coronavirus continues to progress (hopefully) towards a conclusion, many people have questions about their family law related matters. Living under family court orders can be difficult enough as it is without pandemic swirling in the ...

As a parent, you are concerned about coronavirus and want to do everything possible to safeguard your kids — and yourself — from this fast-spreading health risk. But as a divorced co-parent, you also have the added pressure of needing to coordinate ...

Maybe you have recently started to think about divorce. Or, maybe you are in the middle of your divorce , but you have been so busy that you missed some of our blog posts that could help you a lot!I’ve got you covered. I’ve combed through every blog ...

During the past few weeks, the attorneys with the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC have taken an opportunity to write about the steps of different types of family law cases in an effort to help you prepare for beginning one. Whether you have never ...

The set of laws that sets the standard in the United States for determining what state has jurisdiction over a child custody matter is the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA). When a court has jurisdiction over a case that ...

If you have committed an act of family violence then the consequences of your actions go well beyond being placed under arrest. For instance, if you are in the midst of a divorce case then it is likely that your spouse will have applied for and been ...

In order to prevent the abuse of a child or other family member a Protective Order can be issued by a Court. Clients of the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC walk into consultations with our attorneys with some regularity and ask them about getting a ...

The Covid-19 pandemic is one that has brought about a high degree of fear and stress for families in our area and around the country. More than the disruption to our normal way of life, the problems associated with a possible loss or disruption in ...

The safety and well-being of you and your child are the most important things in your life. If you begin a family law case and ask a judge to make decisions for your child, he or she will do so keeping the best interests of your child in mind. The ...

One of the realities of the COVID -19 pandemic is that we are no longer able to take advantage of the conveniences that we previously had at our fingertips. When my wife and went on our honeymoon years ago in Europe, we would often find ourselves ...

With schools across our state closing their doors until the fall (at least), many parents in our area have had questions regarding how to proceed with the pick-up/drop off schedules that are contained within your family court orders. Should you ...

Texas has declared a state of emergency over coronavirus (COVID-19) and its potential impact in the state. If you are considering a divorce, or have a divorce case currently progressing through the Texas court system, you are probably wondering what ...

A while back, a friend and fellow attorney asked me some questions about whether an MSA was still valid if a case was dismissed. I have heard this question debated before among attorneys and opinions seem to be split. Half think the agreement is no ...

If you have been reading through the blogs posts that the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC has been posting the past few days then you will know that we highly encourage any person who is going through an investigation with Child Protective Services ( ...

People going through difficult situations in their personal lives are often frantic. This is understandable. When something isn’t right with a family member, especially a child, your brain can go into emergency mode and the next thing you know you’re ...

After going through the ups and downs of a child custody or divorce case the last thing you want to have to deal with are final orders that either does not accurately reflect what was agreed upon in mediation or are wholly incorrect. The purpose of ...

One of the more straightforward responsibilities that a judge has is to review the evidence submitted, decide what will be included in the official record and then render a decision based on the evidence admitted. When we are considering a situation ...

After going through the entire process of deciding you want a divorce , hiring an attorney, going through with the divorce and finally signing on the dotted line it is understandable to want to take a deep breath and maybe a vacation. After all, ...

Some of the most frustrating and sad cases that the attorneys with the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC work on for our clients are those that center around Child Protective Services ( CPS ) investigations. If you are a parent then you can feel a ...

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 ...

Parental alienation is, simply put, when one parent essentially makes the children of the marriage choose sides in order to undermine the relationship between the other parent and the child. When one parent pits the child against the other parent for ...