Family Law Offices in Tarrant County

Family Law - Below is a brief summary on family law. For a more complete source of information on the Texas Statutes relating to Family Law, we recommend visiting our Family Code section, located here. Dealing with Divorce In a divorce case, our Tarrant County Law Office will help you and your spouse settle the property division, spouse and child support issues, and questions over children's and grandparent's rights, and will represent you in court. The Law Office of Bryan L. Walter is equipped and prepared to help you with legal problems arising after the divorce. These include increasing, reducing or collecting child and or spousal support payments, as well as modifications of custody or visitation of your children. Custody & Support Child custody and support are two of the most combative issues in many divorce proceedings. The Law Office of Bryan L. Walter can help you with these issues as well as others that may come up in the during the course of a divorce proceeding. Name Change In general, you can legally change your name for almost any reason, other than fraudulent purposes. In addition, the need for a legal name change may arise out of divorce, adoption, child custody or marriage. Sometimes you can change your name just by using a different one than your own. However, it is better to legally change it since so many official records are affected. The procedure is simple and inexpensive. Guardianship of Children A guardianship gives a specific adult the legal responsibility to care for a child or an incapacitated adult. This is usually needed during divorce, if a child's parents die, or if the child has been abandoned, is not receiving adequate care or is being abused in any way. A guardian is responsible for the child's personal needs, including shelter, education and medical care. A guardian may also provide financial management for a child, although sometimes a conservator or guardian of the estate is appointed by the court for this purpose. The appointment of a guardian does not, however, sever the legal relationship between the child and the natural parents. The parents will still be required to provide financial support, and the child will still have rights of inheritance. Adoptions Adoption, unlike guardianship, does permanently change the relationship between parent and child. In an adoption, an adult legally becomes the parent of someone not his or her biological child and creates a parent-child relationship for all purposes such as including child support obligations, inheritance and custody. With some possible exceptions, the birthparents' legal relationship to the child is terminated. If you want to learn more about adoptions, and the rights of stepparents and unmarried people to adopt, contact our family law office for a free consultation with Bryan Walter.