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 ...
If it is unknown who the biological father of your child is, a paternity suit may be filed to make a legal determination of parentage. This type of ...
Many people are under the mistaken belief that the law gives mothers more rights than fathers in Texas. However, that is no longer the case. The new ...
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 ...
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 ...
One of the most challenging family law-related circumstances that attorneys work on with clients is related to paternity . There are certain times ...
The title to today's blog post may have caught some of you by surprise. Most folks don't think they are interviewing attorneys when they want to start ...
Parents in Texas have specific rights regarding their children when it comes to raising them. More specifically, parents in Texas have rights and ...
Once the father of your child signs an Acknowledgment of Paternity , he will become the legal father of your child as soon as you also sign an ...
There are more than just the primary concerns about homework, the flu, friends, and eating enough vegetables in many families. Unfortunately, I have ...
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 ...
If you are facing down a divorce and are pregnant yourself or your spouse is pregnant , you likely have a lot of questions on your mind. Not only are ...
As medical science has advanced, parents have to enter into unique arrangements with third parties to conceive children. For decades, parents have ...
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 ...
Anyone who has gone through a pregnancy, whether a mother or father, can understand the difficulties and stresses associated with the nine-month wait ...
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 ...
In yesterday’s blog post from the Law Office of Bryan Fagan , we introduced the topic of issues related to Texas family law cases that are at the core ...
As a father, you likely have concerns about how your divorce or child custody case will unfold. Not the least of your concerns may center around how ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
I get questions frequently from clients and potential clients regarding a wide range of subjects. I hear a lot of interesting things, but normally the ...
As a grandparent , one of the toughest parts of the "job" is that of having to sometimes watch your children make decisions regarding the well-being ...
Paternity fraud occurs when a mother tells a man that her child is the man's biological offspring despite knowing that the man is not the child's ...
Making difficult decisions like filing for a divorce when you are pregnant can be extremely taxing from an emotional perspective. An already tough ...
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 ...
Common Law Marriages I speak to potential clients with regularity who tell me that they are involved in a common law marriage . However, it seems like ...
In Texas, child support is most always owed by the parent who does not have primary custody of the child. How child support is owed is set by a ...
If there is a question as to who the biological father of a child is then it is likely that there will be a lawsuit filed in order to determine ...
