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Family law

How to create an effective parenting plan in Texas

When you divorce or separate, you and your former partner will need to make some decisions about parenting arrangements for your children. This is called a parenting plan, and it is a written agreement that spells out the arrangements for the care of your children....

What is the purpose of a QDRO in Texas?

Asset division between spouses is often a complicated part of divorce in Texas. The court must divide everything that is subject to a split equally between spouses, including your retirement benefits. As such, the judge will assign QDRO to oversee this division....

Tips for a successful co-parenting arrangement

Parents in Texas separate for any number of reasons but a common area of concern is almost always the safety and well-being of the children. Parents need to be cooperative and work together to come to a child custody agreementthat meets the needs of the children....

What is the Freedom To Serve Children Act?

The governor of Texas signed the Freedom To Serve Children Act in 2017. Also called House Bill 3859, the new law allows faith-based child welfare agencies that receive state funding to discriminate against you as an LGBT individual or couple wishing to adopt children...

Picking a marriage application venue

In a previous article, we talked briefly about the fact that you do not need residential status in a Texas county to get married in that county. In fact, you do not even have to be a resident of Texas to get married in the state. We also mentioned that, for some LGBTQ...

Who is your child’s legal parent?

Rights for the LGBTQ community have grown considerably in the last decade. However, along with those rights have come some growing pains. One area that has had difficulty is family law. When same-sex marriage became legal in Texas, many of the family laws on the books...

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