Divorce

Relinquishment of Parental Rights and Paternity

Husband and wife were married in June of 1998 in Stamper v. Knox.  In October 1998 the wife had a brief sexual relationship with Mr. Taylor while continuing to have relations with her husband.  The wife gave birth to a child in June 1999 while the parties were still...

Appealing Grandparent’s Possession/Visitation

In the Interest of B.N.S. was a case out of Dallas where the father appealed from an order granting possession and access of his three children to their grandparents.  The mom and dad divorced in 2004 and were named joint managing conservators of their 3 children....

Recent Texas Parentage Action

A 2008  case was heard by the Dallas Court of Appeals where the attorney general filed suit to establish child support from an alleged father.  The father filed an answer and asserted the statute of limitations as an affirmative defense and asked the court to deny...

Grandparent Possession after a CPS case

In re Smith was a case out of Houston were pursuant to an agreed order in 2006, the paternal grandfather and his wife were appointed joint managing conservators of their grandchild.  The mother and father were appointed possessory conservators and awarded limited...

Parentage Actions

In re Rodriguez and the Office of the Attorney General was a case out of Dallas, where in July 2007 the Attorney General filed a child support action relating to two children.  In October, the mom filed for divorce and the two actions were consolidated.  The dad filed...

Avoiding a Default Judgment in Divorce

Mahady v. Mahady was a 2008 case out of Fort Worth where the husband and wife were married and had 5 children.  In 2005, wife left with the children and moved to California.  Husband filed for a divorce in Texas and was eventually able to serve wife with citation....

Grandparent Access

In Spencer v. Vaughn, the mother and dad appealed from an order giving maternal grandparents rights of access to the grandchildren.  The suit involves two children, both born of the same mother but different fathers.  Mom and father of the first child divorced and the...

Adoption and CPS foster parents

A 2008 case out of San Antonio involved a set of facts where Child A was adopted by Cindy and Gary,  Subsequently, Child A's parents had another baby, Child B, who was born in 2005 and quickly removed from her home by CPS and placed with foster parents Michelle and...

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