Adoption is considered a beautiful act. In the book Instant Mom, author Nia Vardalos writes, “Anyone who ever wondered how much they could love a child who did not spring from their loins, know this: it is the same. The feeling of love is so profound; it’s incredible and surprising.” This explains why so many […]

It’s hard for any parent to be without their children for any length of time, regardless of child custody arrangements, particularly during the holidays. There are three main things that you can do to make child visitation during holidays easier. Keep your spirits high during holidays when your kids are visiting their other parent by […]

Guardianship and custody are often incorrectly used interchangeably, despite the fact that they are not the same thing. If you’re a parent in Texas, or a person who is seeking child custody vs. guardianship of a child, here’s what you need to know about the distinction between the two terms. Texas Conservatorship Laws The first […]

The court must weigh some factors such as monetary advantage or schooling in determining with whom the child should live but whether the parent is the mother or the father has nothing to do with child custody. However, it’s not uncommon for separating dads to wonder, do courts favor mothers more than fathers? To put […]

If you’re in the middle of a divorce or a child custody dispute, you do not have the right to flee with your child. In fact, even if you are the child’s biological or legal guardian/parent, if you take your child, it may be considered kidnapping. To legally take your child out of state when […]