For single co-parents in Texas, managing child dropoff times can be challenging. Life is dynamic, and circumstances change, making it necessary to adapt to new schedules. If child dropoff times are no longer feasible for you, there are ways to smooth out the...
Child Custody and Support
Can a child in Texas influence custody arrangements?
When it comes to determining custody arrangements in Texas, parents and children often wonder if a child's preference can impact the final decision. Texas family law recognizes the importance of considering a child's wishes, but there are some specific guidelines to...
How can co-parents help their kids adjust to two homes?
Divorce can present new challenges that your children may have a difficult time coping with. One of these changes may involve helping your children get used to living in two separate houses. At first, splitting parenting time may be difficult for your children. But...
Altering your Texas child custody plan during summer vacations
Child custody arrangements bear great significance in the lives of children and their parents. These arrangements define how parents will share time with their child, making it difficult to make changes to this plan. During the summer break, a common question arises...
How can parents handle long-distance divorce?
In the past, courts often awarded sole custody to one parent and the other had very little involvement in their child's life beyond visitation. These days, more and more parents opt for joint or shared custody of some description. But what about the families that do...
How can you make co-parenting easier for your kids?
If you and your spouse have decided to divorce, you may have concerns about how this will affect many areas of your life as well as the lives of your children. You may specifically have concerns about how your children will do splitting their time between two...
Fathers represent an increasing proportion of custodial parents
Many different concerns could arise if you work through the divorce process, from financial worries such as how the court will distribute marital property to court-related stress. However, you could become especially nervous if you are a father involved in a custody...
How many children have a non-custodial parent?
As a parent, one of the most challenging aspects of the divorce process is often child custody and the impact that getting divorced will have in terms of your relationship with your child and their relationship with the other parent. Sometimes, parents have feelings...
Watch for parental alienation over the holidays
The holidays offer plenty of excellent opportunities to spend time with family and friends. If you share custody of your kids with an ex-partner, though, your ex might try to usurp your parenting time. Even worse, he or she may try to turn the kids against you when...
How do the courts handle custody of infants?
Standard child custody situations may not work when a child is very young. Infants have completely different needs than toddlers or older children, and this will impact how the court decided custody arrangements. The Texas Attorney General explains the state usually...