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Toddler Tug of War Article Quotes Dallas Family Law Attorney O’Neil
Dallas Family Law Attorney Michelle May O’Neil was cited in an article published today in the Texas Lawyer news magazine. The article entitled Toddler Tug of War: Mother and Couple at Odds in Parental Rights Termination Case by John Council discusses a case pending in the Houston 1st Court of Appeals seeking to terminate a mother’s parental rights when the baby was secreted from the mother by the father and unknowingly placed with a prospecitve adoptive family.
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Feelings of a Father in Song — Highway 20 Ride
I wanted to share with our readers a very special song I heard today by the Zac Brown Band called Highway 20 Ride about a father’s visitation with his son. Here’s the video and lyrics. Hope this is as meaningful to you and it was to me:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=8550J9Ys02s%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1%26
Highway 20 Ride:
I ride east every
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More Fathers Are Getting Custody In Divorce
Not long ago, men usually paid the child support and doled out the alimony. Moms (working or not) almost always got the kids in messy divorce wars. Years of changing diapers, wiping noses and kissing boo-boos gave them the edge. But now the tide is turning.
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Dallas Lawyer Upholds Rights of Natural Parent
In a recent decision by the Dallas Court of Appeals, the rights of a biological father were vindicated. In the case of In the Matter of B.B.M, a child’s biological father appealed the trial court’s determination appointing the child’s non-parents as joint managing conservators. In the Matter of B.B.M., — S.W.3d –, No. 05-08-00501-CV, 2009 WL 1801035 (Tex. App. – Dallas, June 24, 2009).
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Grandparent Access to Grandchild Over Parent’s Objection New Law
House Bill 1012, passed by the Texas Legislature and awaiting Governor Perry’s signature, changes the Texas Family Code provisions regarding access by a grandparent to a grandchild over the objections of a parent.
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Standing for Step-father to Sue for Custody
San Antonio Court of Appeals holds that a trial court erred in dismissing suit for lack of standing when there was conflicting testimony.
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Termination of Parental Rights for Attempted Murder
Senate Bill 1838 was signed into law by Governor Perry yesterday. The new law authorizes the court to order termination of the parent-child relationship if the court finds clear and convincing evidence that the parent has been convicted of a criminal attempt to the murder or criminal solicitation to murder the other parent of the child.
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