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DAILY TOOL: Parenting Coordinator/Parenting Facilitator

TOOL OF THE DAY: Parenting Coordinator/Parenting Facilitator CATEGORY: Family Law All states are using "the best interest of the child" to justify any action that they take, e.g. appointing a guardian ad litem, appointing a parenting facilitator or a parenting coordinator. Just because a statute says that the court gets to determine best interest, do you

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DAILY TOOL: "Unduly Burdensome" and "Unnecessarily Restrictive"

TOOL OF THE DAY: "Unduly Burdensome" and "Unnecessarily Restrictive" CATEGORY: Family Law Caselaw Are the appellate courts beginning to realize that the trial courts are getting carried away? One of the most recent rulings, IN INTEREST OF HDC, coming out of Tex: Court of Appeals, 14th Dist., November 18, 2014, overturns a Houston, Texas trial

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DAILY TOOL: Declaratory Judgment for Establishing Your Rights

TOOL OF THE DAY: Declaratory Judgment CATEGORY: Family Law If you are at the beginning of your divorce, consider filing a declaratory judgment. The definition of declaratory judgment is ?a judgment that merely decides the rights of parties in a given transaction, situation, or dispute but does not order any action or award damages.? You probably guessed

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DAILY TOOL: Drugging Your Child

TOOL OF THE DAY: Drugging Your Child CATEGORY: Family Law (This post is being worked on.) Is the other parent prohibited from getting treatment without your permission? Does the other parent have to inform you of medical conditions of your child? Is your order in enforceable language? All of these are questions you will want

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DAILY TOOL: Social Studies

TOOL OF THE DAY: Social Studies CATEGORY: Family Law Your family code defines what power the court has to order a social study. The code should also states what criteria has to be met before a social study can be ordered. In Texas Family Code section 107.051 the judge is given the power to order

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DAILY TOOL: What Did the Court Just Teach Your Children?

TOOL OF THE DAY: Empowering Children in Harmful Ways CATEGORY: Family Law Culture Has your judge ever asked you to ?Think about what you two are teaching your children?? Asks you how you want to influence them and what you want to teach them. And then the judge strips one of you of most of your

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