Child Support

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Finding out your child got accepted to a college can bring a lot things.  Joy, excitement, that proud feeling as a parent knowing that your child’s going places are some of the usual feelings you’d get.  Aside from that, one other thing that finding out that your child got into a college would be the tuition that comes with it. What does your settlement say? Being a divorced parent may be hard, especially if you’re still in the process of raising a child.  Balancing your living expenses for things such as your child’s college education may be a problem, especially […]

Paying for College Tuition with Your Ex-Spouse

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A custodial parent is the one who has the sole physical custody of the child or the one with whom the child lives with for the most part. Custodial parenting involves a lot of responsibility which is just similar to any other aspect of being a dad or mom. Even if the parents of the child are on good terms, it is still a good idea to consider other options when it comes to the custody of the child and know and learn the law before one would need it.  Other than the basic duties that a parent should give […]

Responsibilities of the Custodial Parent

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There is a lot of responsibility that comes with being a parent and more so if a person is a single parent. One would constantly worry about what would happen to their children if they unexpectedly pass away and who would take care of them. Thoughtful estate planning is crucial for parents of all kinds. However, for single parents, an extensive and legally compliant estate plan is essential to ensure that their plans and wishes with regard to their estate are thoroughly carried out. Prepare Wills Estate planning for a single parent, in a lot of ways, is similar to […]

How to Plan Your Estate When You are a Single Parent

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Texas Paternity FAQ
Frequently Asked Legal Questions About Paternity in Texas There are a lot of questions about paternity in Texas that get asked regularly.  We wanted to save people a little bit of googling and try answer as few of the most common ones in one place.  This guide to the frequently asked legal questions about paternity in Texas is meant to aid you but not to replace the role of an attorney. Define Paternity For Me? When a baby is born and there are questions about the father, you seek to establish paternity.  Paternity is, therefore, the legal identification of who the […]

Texas Paternity FAQ

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Texas Primary Custody
Does Primary Custody Exist? Usually a misnomer due to its frequency in popular culture, “primary custody” is not an actual legal term recognized in Texas. Texas courts will typically appoint both parents as “joint managing conservators” or “JMCs” for their children, and what people commonly refer to as “primary custody” tracks most closely with the party who is granted an exlusive right to determine “primary residency” of the child. To better understand this concept, I find it helpful to think about all the different rights and duties of a parent as strands of a rope. Prior to court involvement, all […]

Deciphering Texas Primary Custody

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Texas Child Support Guidelines
Child support calculations are one of those areas that people end up very confused about, leading to a wide variety of various calculators and tools for the purpose of determining what the guideline amount of child support should be set by the court. For the vast majority of cases, child support is calculated strictly according to this formula, and effectively is just a math equation to determine the amount owed each month. However, there are some rare occasions where the guideline amount of child support is not an appropriate amount, and in those situations the court does some some authority […]

Texas Child Support Guidelines

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