Early fall can be a practical time for Texas parents to review child support because the new school year often makes changes in income, child-care costs, health coverage, and recurring child expenses easier to measure. If your current order no longer reflects your financial circumstances or your child’s needs, Texas law may allow you to […]
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Sep
Sep
A Texas parent may be able to refuse to take a child to an extracurricular activity during that parent’s scheduled possession time when the court order does not require attendance, transportation, payment, or cooperation for that activity. There is no single Texas rule that makes every sport, lesson, club, camp, or private activity automatically take […]
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Sep
Sep
A Texas fall child custody schedule should account for the school calendar, regular possession periods, Thanksgiving, extracurricular activities, transportation, school supplies, medication, and written schedule changes. Your signed custody order controls the details. Texas law commonly uses the terms conservatorship, possession, and access for issues that parents often call custody and visitation. For parents using […]
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Aug
Aug
Back-to-school season does not cause divorce, but it can make existing problems in a Texas marriage harder to ignore. Once school resumes, you may face tighter schedules, more transportation duties, child care needs, extracurricular activities, school expenses, work conflicts, and repeated decisions about your children. If those issues are already tied to resentment, poor communication, […]
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Aug
Aug
If a custody or school dispute becomes urgent before the school year begins, a Texas court may be able to enter temporary orders while your family case is pending. Emergency relief can address your child’s safety and welfare, residence, possession, school-related authority, or geographic restrictions when the facts and the existing order support that relief. […]
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Aug
Aug
Houston families do not need to wait for a named storm to review an estate plan. Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30, and the climatological peak occurs around September 10. Most activity is concentrated from mid-August through mid-October. Before peak hurricane season, review your will, trusts, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, […]
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Aug
Aug
Houston families should review estate planning documents before hurricane season reaches its busiest period. Evacuation, flooding, power loss, and disrupted communications can make legal, financial, and medical decisions harder. A timely review can confirm whether your will, trust, powers of attorney, health care directives, beneficiary designations, and document-access plan still reflect your wishes. Your review […]
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Aug
Aug
Extracurricular activities can create Texas child custody conflicts when practices, games, lessons, tournaments, camps, or travel interfere with possession time, create unexpected expenses, or require decisions that your custody order does not clearly assign. Your signed order controls each parent’s rights and duties. Texas courts also treat the child’s best interest as the primary consideration […]
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Aug
Aug
Texas does not impose a universal rule requiring co-parents to divide every back-to-school expense equally. Your court order, any enforceable written agreement, the type of expense, and the decision-making rights assigned to each parent usually determine whether reimbursement is required. Routine items, such as notebooks, ordinary clothing, and basic classroom supplies, may be handled differently […]
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Aug
Aug
August can become a practical decision point for Texas couples who spent the summer evaluating their marriage, parenting routines, housing, and finances. The month has no special legal status, and Texas courts do not treat an August divorce differently from a case filed at another time. Summer’s end can still bring important choices into focus […]