Posts by Brandon Grable
How to “Be Thankful” When It’s Not Your Year with the Children
With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, you may be thinking about how the holidays may look different this year. This is common among divorced parents who share children together. One parent may get the children for Thanksgiving and Christmas one year, while the other parent gets them the next year. This is a typical compromise that divorced…
Read MoreIt’s Time to Help Texas’s Relative Caregivers
There are a lot of relative caregivers across the state of Texas. While these individuals do their best to ensure that their relative children do not end up in the foster care system, they find it hard to pay for their medical bills and expenses, school supplies, clothing, and even food. Due to this, many…
Read MoreChild Custody Evaluators in Texas Must Now Record Interviews
In San Antonio and the rest of Texas, divorce and child custody laws are commonly changing and being updated. Therefore, it is important for those who are going through or planning to go through a divorce or child custody battle to know and be aware of new laws or bills being passed or talked about.…
Read MoreWhat Is Parental Alienation?
Parental alienation refers to a situation in which one parent deliberately attempts to undermine or damage the child’s relationship with the other parent, often during or after a divorce or separation. It involves psychological manipulation and tactics that aim to turn the child against the targeted parent. This phenomenon can have serious negative effects on…
Read MoreCelebrities Pay Extra Child Support, Too
Determining child support can be one of the more contentious parts of a divorce. It can take weeks or months to nail down all the details to ensure your child will be taken care of properly. You and your spouse must take all possible issues into account, and even then, things might change down the…
Read MoreConsiderations for a Later-in-Life Divorce in San Antonio
The decision to divorce is often a hard one. Even the most amicable splits can have challenges, especially if there are children involved. But the latest divorce trends have nothing to do with young people or couples who haven’t been married long. It’s folks in their parents’ generation who are increasingly deciding to get divorced.…
Read MoreSpousal Maintenance Orders in Texas – Caps, Termination, Modification and Enforcement
In order to understand the ability of a spouse to modify an existing spousal support order in Texas, it is necessary to understand when spousal maintenance will be authorized. Unless the spouses reach a contractual agreement (called contractual alimony), spousal maintenance can be ordered if the family court determines that one spouse needs financial help…
Read MoreHow Long Does It Take to Get Divorced in San Antonio?
Sadly, marriages end for many reasons. If you believe your union is over because of irreconcilable differences or any other reason, seeking legal counsel is the natural next step. How long it takes to get divorced depends on where you live, among other factors. If you and your spouse are residents of San Antonio, find…
Read MoreWhat Is a Texas Standard Possession Order?
One of the most difficult decisions that you will have to make in your divorce is child custody and visitation. You will need to consider many circumstances, like whether your spouse wants primary custody or who the children will live with, if your ex-spouse moves out of state. Fortunately, Texas provides an opportunity for you…
Read MoreSimple Wills and Holographic Wills: What’s the Difference?
Whether we all have created one or not, we all know the importance of a will. If there is no will put in place, it can leave many questions for your survivors to handle. However, even if a will has been drafted, there may be situations that we have not considered. Maybe your loved one…
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