Open and Closed Adoption – What’s the Difference? – Adoption may be something you’ve been considering for quite some time. Either you are a childless parent, or you have a healthy and growing home and feel a calling to open your doors to another child. Whatever the reason, adoption is an amazing gift – both…
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10 Ways To Save Money In A Divorce – To say it is costly to get divorced is an understatement. Not only is it costly emotionally for you and your family, but it also takes an immediate toll on your wallet. In fact, I’d go so far as to say divorce is the worst financial…
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6 Questions To Ask Yourself When Trying To Hire The Right Lawyer – So, you’ve come to the decision that you need to hire a family lawyer to help with an upcoming divorce, child-custody battle, adoption, or another legal matter. The good news is your options for quality representation are seemingly endless, and maybe a…
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Family Violence: Duties of Police Officers (Part III) Over the last few blogs, we’ve been discussing the integral role police officers have in incidents of family violence. When law enforcement is tipped off that someone is possibly a victim, the goal is to investigate and protect that person, enforce any protective orders that may be…
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Family Violence: Duties of Police Officers (Part II) A police officer’s role in a family violence case is to investigate and protect the victims, enforce any protective orders that may be in place, and, if necessary, make an arrest. We wrote about the investigative piece last week, and now it’s time to go over the…
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Family Violence: Duties of Police Officers (Part I) – Family violence is any abusive, violent, or forceful act inflicted by one member of a family on another. Some acts, such as repeated slapping, punching, choking, sexual abuse, and assault with a weapon, are easy to spot by those close to the situation and should be…
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Summary of Common Family Law Terms (Vol. XIV) – Welcome to another summary of common Family Law terms. At Nelson Law Group PC, we believe in educating our clients by breaking down even the most complex and intimidating law topics into bite-size pieces that are easy to understand. While not an exhaustive list, what we hope…
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Elements of a child custody evaluation – In a child custody case, it is the goal of any court in the state of Texas to do what is in the best interests of a child. That means exploring all aspects of the family dynamic and parental relationships to ensure the custody order that is eventually…
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4 tips on how to tell your kids you’re getting a divorce – So you’re getting divorced. How do you plan to tell the kids? Most parents struggle to answer that question. Many times, they’ve been so wrapped up in the nightly arguments with their soon-to-be ex, exploratory visits with family lawyers, and their own daily…
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De Novo – Defined – When a party in a case appeals a decision made by one court, they have the option of requesting that another court try the case again. This is called a de novo hearing, which is Latin for “anew” or “beginning again.” A de novo hearing occurs when a District Court…
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