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Fall Family Checklist: 6 Legal Essentials to Prepare for the Holidays  ▶ Legal issues don’t just pause for the holiday season. In fact, questions about custody, visitation, and support often become even more pressing as families juggle year-end schedules and obligations.   As family law attorneys, we often see a surge of disputes around every holiday season, most of which could have been …

7 Tips for Navigating Halloween as a Divorced Parent   For most families, Halloween is one of the most anticipated nights of the year. Who doesn’t love the streets filled with costumed kids (and adults) going from house to house? But for divorced parents, Halloween can present some complications. Who gets to trick-or-treat this year? Who is responsible for costumes? Parties? School functions? Bedtime schedules and making sure the kids don’t consume the whole …

The Role of Amicus Attorneys in Parent-Child Cases in Laredo  By the time a high-conflict custody dispute has reached a Texas courtroom, the lives of the family are already under a microscope. Each parent tells a different story, and witnesses may be giving competing accounts. And somewhere in the middle of all of this is a child who needs safety, stability, and security.   In Laredo and throughout …

Schedule a Free Consultation When parents separate or divorce, tensions can run high, especially when children and child custody are involved. Frustration. Anger. Grief. Resentment. These emotions can all come to the surface when parenting disputes arise. Unfortunately, in some cases, these intense emotions can turn into something far more destructive when one parent intentionally …

6 Tips to Keeping the Peace with Your Co-Parent During the Upcoming Holidays ▶ The holiday season should be a time of family joy and special traditions. But if you’re co-parenting after a separation or divorce, it can also be full of conflict and stress.   Conflicting schedules, competing traditions, and deciding who will attend which …

Who Gets the Kids for the Holidays? 5 Key Considerations  For most families, the holidays are an exciting time full of family, food, and well-loved traditions. But for divorced or separated parents, those same seasonal festivities can be overshadowed by scheduling conflicts and making sure that children feel loved even when their parents live in …

International Travel and Child Custody in Texas: What Parents in Laredo Need to Know Co-parenting after divorce or separation comes with challenges, but these can feel even more pressing when international travel is involved. This concern is particularly real for families in border cities where international travel is common.   If you live in Laredo, Texas, …