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A divorce, child custody case or other family law case does not always have to be a traumatic, combative experience. Even when the issues are complex, your future is at stake and emotions are running high, we will work hard to protect your legal rights while avoiding unnecessary conflict and stress.

As skilled Houston Family Law Attorneys, our goal is to resolve matters quickly and to save clients the trauma of litigation. But we will vigorously defend your rights in court when needed. We provide quality legal guidance to clients throughout Texas, in the following practice areas:

• Divorce
• Child Custody
• Child Support
• Child Protective Services
• Adoption
• Visitation Issues
• Spousal Support / Contractual Alimony
• Property and Debt Division
• Marital Agreements
• Separation Agreements
• Relocation
• Prenuptial Agreements
• Divorce Mediation
• Paternity

As respected Houston Family Law Attorneys with a combined sixteen years of experience, we have represented many clients in divorce, adoption, modification, and SAPCR proceedings. We believe in aggressively pursuing our clients' goals. We stand ready to provide high-caliber legal work in a competent, understanding, and cost-effective manner.

The Importance of Child Support:
Child support covers everything a child needs, and even more, during the growth and formative years. A parent's first and principal obligation is to support his or her minor children according to the parent's circumstances and station in life, and children should share in the standard of living of both parents.

In Texas, a parent who pays child support is referred to as the "obligor", and the parent who receives child support on behalf of a child is referred to as the "obligee". The amount of a child support award is more than a question of bare necessities. If the child has a wealthy parent, that child is entitled to, and therefore needs something more than the bare necessities of life. Where the obligor parent enjoys a lifestyle that far exceeds the obligee parent's living standard, child support must, to some degree, reflect that more opulent lifestyle. This is so even though, as a practical matter, the child support payments may incidentally benefit others in the obligee parent's household whom the obligor parent has no obligation to support (e.g., obligee parent owed no spousal support, adult children, or children from obligee parent's other relationships). Children are entitled to share in the obligor parent's elevated standard of living despite obligee parent's lower income.

If you or someone you know in Texas is involved in a divorce, adoption, Child Protective Services, child custody or modification of child custody or child support and needs the assistance of an experienced Houston Family Law Attorney, call Rebecca Moughon or Dawn Guilliams today at 866-709-1876, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.