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 ...
A while back, a friend and fellow attorney had asked me some questions regarding terminating parental rights on a father. My friend’s potential ...
Although they come with less regularity than questions about child custody or d ivorce cases cases cases cases cases cases cases cases cases , people ...
You might wonder why a parent would ever want to terminate rights to their child, but this is a question that gets asked frequently. In Texas, 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 ...
If you are a Texas citizen and are interested in pursuing an adoption of a child who lives outside of the United States, I would like to share with ...
Family law cases are among the most difficult of all areas of the law because of how intimate the subject nature is. True, you may not be worth ...
If you are a mother reading this blog post and are questioning who your child's biological father is, you have likely thought more than once about how ...
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 ...
Houston Family Lawyer The family law attorneys at The Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC routinely represent spouses going through divorce and other ...
Texas Child custody battles can be very emotionally upsetting, particularly for the children involved. After a divorce , children, and adults need ...
Parents can feel the burden of raising and providing for a child in tangible ways- beyond merely feeling overwhelmed or stressed out. For example, if ...
There are two ways that your parental rights can be terminated by a court in Texas: involuntarily and voluntarily . That is what we will be discussing ...
One of the scariest thoughts that a parent can encounter is something happening to their children. We all hear of scary stories involving persons ...
Deciding to adopt a child is probably the most consequential series of choices that you will ever make in your life. Bringing a child into your family ...
If you are the stepparent of a child you have the ability in Texas to file a case that seeks the adoption of your stepchild. Often times your spouse ...
The notion of what a family is and what people can come together to create a family is changing before our eyes. What our parents would have thought ...
Facing circumstances in which you are concerned for your or your child’s safety can be extremely unsettling for a parent like yourself. If your spouse ...
The decision to adopt a child takes a lot of thought and consideration. If you and your spouse have tried to conceive a child together without ...
If you find yourself in a position where you have been unable to pay the child support you have been ordered to pay, there are defenses that you can ...
By the time you have decided to file for divorce from your spouse, you will have hopefully thought long and hard about some goals that you would like ...
For adoption to occur, the parental rights of either the child's mother or father must first be terminated by a court. A petition for adoption would ...
A former client of the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC, had a pretty nasty situation fall upon him that required the help of a family law attorney . ...
If you are a parent reading this blog today, the odds are good that you are concerned about your relationship with your children. The reasons for that ...
A few weeks ago, I was doing consultations with prospective clients of the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC , on a Saturday morning when a husband and ...
Family Law is a field that sees its fair share of complex cases and circumstances for an attorney to engage in. After all, when you get down to it, we ...
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 ...
I periodically consult with a potential client who ask about terminating their own parental rights. Why would a parent want to relinquish their ...
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 recently had a gentleman come into the Law Office of Bryan Fagan, PLLC who had a question surrounding the issue of adoption of his wife’s child from ...