Child Custody and Visitation Attorney in Round Rock, Texas
How do you help resolve child custody?
How do you help resolve child custody?
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so a child custody case um is really a
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couple of it involves legally a couple
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of components but
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when a client initially approaches me
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about a child custody case
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it usually has something to do with
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um a possession schedule
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or decision making rights and that
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client is usually pretty distraught
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because typically either in a divorce
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situation that involves a custody case
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or a custody case itself you had parents
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that were likely together at one point
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that are used to spending unlimited time
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with the children
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and now inevitably they’re going to
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spend
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less time with the children because
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they’re separated and the children
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obviously can’t be at both houses at the
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same time so a client that approaches me
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about a child custody case is typically
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primarily concerned about where the kids
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are going to primarily live and what a
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possession schedule is going to look
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like and in texas we call a child
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custody case a suit affecting a
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parent-child relationship and
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the custody portion that people are
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normally talking about
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is um what we call conservatorship which
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is decision making rights and that kind
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of thing and where the kids are
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primarily going to to live and then the
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second aspect of a custody case is a
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possession schedule um and and those two
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aspects together really are the
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emotional aspects of a custody case
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there’s also in a custody case there’s
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also child support which can
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create some emotions and negative
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feelings
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because then you’re talking about
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payment for children and and that’s a
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touchy subject for some people as well
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and so what i normally do with my
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clients is i when i’m meeting with them
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i discuss with them
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um
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the facts of the case and i try to give
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them an assessment about what i think a
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court is going to do
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about what’s in the best interest of the
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children and i think ultimately that’s
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what my clients are
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trying to provide me with information
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about what’s in the best interest of the
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children
Austin, TX family law attorney Jessica Houghtby shares how she helps resolve child custody cases.
