September 2009

As a Dallas divorce lawyer, I frequently have clients that come into my office wanting “sole custody.” Custody is a term that means different things to different people. In this series of blog posts, I’ll explain how “custody” is determined in Texas. The first post in this series will define the words Texas courts use in determining custody issues.
Continue Reading So you want sole custody?? Part One

In a recent opinion by the Dallas Court of Appeals, the court held the trial judge did not err when he did not apply a domestic violence presumption in assessing child custody and did not record an interview with a child in the office outside the court room. In the Interest of S.E.K. & H.A.K., No. 05-08-00858-CV, — S.W.3d — (Tex. App. – Dallas, Aug. 28, 2009).
Continue Reading Standards to modify custody.

Most family law lawyers in Dallas Texas or nearby areas already know this…. the success of a child depends less upon whether the parents are married to each other as it depends on the stability of the child’s environment. Minimizing the child’s exposure to changes in living situation, experiencing the divorce of the child’s parents,
Continue Reading Child Success Linked to Stability