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How to Prepare for a Custody Hearing?

Are you wondering how to prepare for a custody hearing? Here are 5 considerations to help you from our founding attorney, Jennifer Hargrave.

How to Juggle Commitments as a Newly Single Parent

Divorce comes with many challenges, not least of which is how to handle commitments as a newly single parent? Here are a few tips.

How Do Texas Courts Define the Child’s Best Interests?

How do Texas courst define the child's best interests? Click through to find out from Dallas-based divorce firm, Hargrave Family Law.

Looking for advice about parenting through divorce? Understand your rights and responsibilities as a parent during a divorce and find articles on how to best support your children during the process. While every child is different, there are ways to make it easier for everyone involved.

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Navigating Co-Parenting During Summer Vacation

Navigating Co-Parenting During Summer Vacation

Summer vacation can be a time of joy and relaxation, but for co-parents, it often brings a unique set of challenges. Balancing responsibilities, coordinating schedules, and ensuring that children have a fun and memorable break can be difficult when parents are no...

When Your Teen Refuses to Visit a Non-Custodial Parent

When Your Teen Refuses to Visit a Non-Custodial Parent

Divorce can bring about a lot of emotions and adjustments, especially when it comes to co-parenting. One common challenge many divorced parents face is when their teenager begins refusing to visit the non-custodial parent. Let’s delve into this complex issue and explore some steps you can take with empathy and understanding.

When Your Teen Refuses to Visit a Non-Custodial Parent

When Your Teen Refuses to Visit a Non-Custodial Parent

Divorce can bring about a lot of emotions and adjustments, especially when it comes to co-parenting. One common challenge many divorced parents face is when their teenager begins refusing to visit the non-custodial parent. Let’s delve into this complex issue and explore some steps you can take with empathy and understanding.

Out-of-State Visitation Rights

Out-of-State Visitation Rights

In our world of increasing mobility and economic volatility, it is not surprising that more and more families are moving across state lines. If you have an Order (e.g., a Divorce Decree, Custody Order, etc.), then you will need to review your Order carefully to understand your rights. For parents who have the exclusive right to determine the primary residence of the children, it is very likely that there is a geographic restriction on where you can live with your children.

Dealing with the Brokenness of Life (Amazing Life Lessons)

Dealing with the Brokenness of Life (Amazing Life Lessons)

For the past 16 years, I have professionally lived my life in a world where day in and day out, I am sitting with people who are experiencing the brokenness in life. It can be brokenness from a broken promise, brokenness from a broken relationship, a broken heart. Sometimes it’s broken family relationships, maybe with children or grandchildren. In all of this brokenness, there are some amazing life lessons that I’ve learned.