Dallas Family Law Introduction

Collaborative Representation

• A practical alternative to mediation and litigation.

Separation

• Community Assets and Financial Stability
  
• Dating
  
• Avoiding Adversity and Contention

Filing for Divorce

• Petition
  
• Filing
  
• Service

Temporary Orders

• Custody and Child Support
  
• Spousal Support
  
• Temporary Restraining Order
  
• Protective Order for Physical Violence

Conducting Discovery

• Requests for Disclosure
  
• Interrogative Questions
  
• Requests for Production of Documents
  
• Requests for Admissions
  
• Depositions
  
• Additional Discovery Measures
  
• Responding to Discovery
  
• Addressing Noncompliance, Evasion, and Deceit

The Mediation and Settlement Process

• Alternative Dispute Resolution

Trial

• Judge or Jury Trial
  
• Picking the Jury
  
• Establishing Contested Issues
  
• Introducing Evidence and Testimony
  
• Cross Examination
  
• Objections
  
• Submitting the Jury Charge

Decree of Divorce

• Tax Planning
  
• Division of Retirement Plans
  
• Enforcement and Contempt
  
• Obtaining a Clarification

Appellate Process

• Motion for New Trial
  
• Perfecting an Appeal
  
• Supreme Court

Divorce Modification

• Changing Child Custody
  
• Increasing and Decreasing Child Support

Advanced Family Law Guide

• Detailed laws, statutes, and cases on the above processes
  
• Specific information and insight
  
• Paternity
  
• Adoption
  
• Grandparent Access
  
• Child Protective Services
  
• Abuse
  
• Divorcing a US Military Service Person
  
• International Custody and Support
  
• Divorce and the INS