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Skillern Firm Divorce & Child Custody Lawyers Practice Areas

As a law firm dedicated to family law and divorce matters we deal with:

Child Custody

Child custody is often one of the more difficult topics that spouses have to deal with when it comes to the divorce process. This is the area that has the highest potential to cause a breakdown in communications. At Skillern Firm Divorce & Child Custody Lawyers, we pride ourselves on our attorneys and their ability to bring spouses together through mediation and negotiation. We will remind both parties that the important matter is to create an agreement that has the child’s best interests at its core.

This can open up discussions again and create a space where both parties are able to make decisions without allowing tempers and emotions to cloud their judgment. We will always aim to create an agreement that allows both parents access to the child unless there are strong reasons against doing so. Studies have shown that children have the best chances of healthy development when they have access to both parents.

Child Support

When people enter into a marriage and have a child together, they agree to cover all of the financial, emotional, and physical needs of that child between them. When the marriage ends, your child still has those needs, and as parents, you must still meet them between the two of you. That means that if you have sacrificed your earning potential or your career in order to look after your child, and you end up with custody, you may need some financial support to ensure that the children’s needs are still being met.

Modification of Order

While court orders are usually final, they can be modified under the right circumstances later down the line. Your situation may change and you may find it impossible to pay child support, for example, if you have become disabled, or have been involved in an accident and have lost your job. You may also want the order changed as you have evidence that your ex-spouse is a danger to your children. This may be the case if they are violent or you know they have been drinking excessively or taking drugs while taking care of them.

Mothers’ and Fathers’ Rights

Under Texas law, your gender gives you no preferential treatment. Being a child’s mother will not give you a stronger chance of winning custody and being the father will not reduce your chances. Instead, the courts will always look at factors like your previous involvement and financial stability, as well as how well you have met the needs of the child up until now. In family law, the children always come first. The Judge and any good attorney will always look to protect the needs of the children involved.

Recovery of Attorney Fees

If you are entering the divorce process and your spouse has a much larger pool of funding to support their legal representation, they may attempt to leverage this to win through attrition, causing you to run out of money. This is a vindictive tactic and if you and your attorney can prove to the courts that this is happening, they may force your spouse to pay your attorney fees.

Spousal Support

Leaving a marriage after you have given up your career in order to look after your children can be scary, especially if that has made you financially reliant on your spouse and their earnings. Spousal support, or alimony, was designed to help spouses remain financially stable after they have left a marriage.