The sixty-day waiting period, and what to do with it
Texas will not grant your divorce before the sixty-first day after filing. Most people treat that as dead time. It is the most useful stretch of the whole case.
Journal
Plain-language notes on Texas family law
Written by the attorneys here, for the people sitting across the table from us. No jargon that is not explained and no article that ends in a sales pitch.
- Divorce
- Mediation
- Child custody
- Modifications
How to prepare for a family mediation that actually settles
Roughly seven in ten of our contested cases resolve at mediation. The ones that do not usually failed a week earlier, not on the day.
The Standard Possession Order in practice, not in theory
First, third and fifth weekends sounds simple until November has five Fridays and your ex is counting differently. Here is how the calendar really works.
What counts as a material and substantial change
You cannot modify a Texas custody order because the arrangement stopped suiting you. You can modify it when something genuinely changed. The gap between those two is where most modification suits die.