The reality of terminating the parental rights of a person is stark. This will end the parent-child relationship forever. There is no going back from ...
The law in the state of Texas is that a man is legally presumed to be the father of any child that is born to his wife either during the course of ...
The most common way for you to acknowledge paternity of a child in Texas is to fill out an Acknowledgment of Paternity . This form can be obtained ...
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 ...
The Texas divorce process can be a confusing, emotional, and stressful maze to navigate. It does not help that for many people they do not know what ...
Of all the different types of family law cases in Texas, adoptions tend to be the most optimistic and happy. Most of the time when we are talking ...
It is an infrequent occurrence that a pregnant woman goes through a divorce. Pregnancy is a stressful time to begin with. Adding onto that, the ...
Determining paternity in a Texas child support case is the initial, and quite frankly, most important step in the entire case. When it comes to ...
Asking whether military spouses are unfaithful is a highly fact-specific question. It would be pretty irresponsible for me to say one way or another ...
In your everyday life is apparent you probably do not think about all of the rights and duties associated with parenting are the child. It would be ...
If you do not have a child support order from a Texas Family Law Court that has ordered the payment of child support from another person to you, it ...
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 ...
It is not uncommon for fathers who consult with me regarding obtaining their father’s rights to ask about changing their child’s last name and adding ...
The following are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about Texas void marriages. The answers are general and are designed to help ...
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 ...
Other than the fear of being investigated yourself by CPS for having committed a neglectful or abusive act against your child, one of your biggest ...
Conservatorship of a child is an issue that comes up frequently in Texas family law cases . Conservatorship refers to rights and duties towards ...
A Texas child support case always involves the intersection of child support and child custody . To understand much of anything regarding child ...
One of the most challenging family law-related circumstances that attorneys work on with clients is related to paternity . There are certain times ...
In Texas, the Office of the Attorney General oversees the payment of child support . It is likely that if you already have a child support order in ...
In Texas in its simplest form a divorce terminates a marriage giving a married couple the legal right to marry another person. What many people do not ...
In a typical child custody hearing in Texas, only the parties to the case (and the Attorney General for child support purposes) need to be given ...
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 ...
Suppose that you are a child's parent whose CPS was recently removed from your home. What's more, now CPS has gone to court and asked a judge for an ...
The Texas Attorney General & Child Support When it comes to issues related to child custody and paternity, many people are unaware of the role that ...
Being in a position where you need a divorce means that your life may feel like it's traveling at the speed of light and in slow motion all at the ...
My recommendation is to need a family law attorney to file an emergency custody order. However, if that is not an option for you and you must ...
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 ...
Relinquishing one’s rights and duties as a parent in Texas can be easier said than done. One way that a parent can voluntarily relinquish their ...
In the event that you and your spouse are getting a divorce and you are not represented by an attorney then today’s blog post should be helpful to ...
