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Posted By Menduni Martindill, PLLC || 19-Nov-2014
When the parents of a child are no longer involved with one another, one of the hardest decisions they will need to make is how they are going to divide their time with the child. Known as child custody, this legal decision is heavily impacted by what is in the best interests of the child when it comes to spending time with their parents. Texas law ensures that neither parent is favored, as the ...
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Posted By Menduni Martindill || 21-Sep-2012
It is not uncommon to hear that when a couple gets a divorce and are fighting for custody that the mother is awarded primary or sole custody of the kids. This is hard for many fathers to deal with because in most circumstances they love their kids just as much as the mother does, and yet she is getting the custody. The history behind fathers getting custody of their children has fluctuated over ...
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Posted By Menduni Martindill || 19-Jul-2012
Last year, Time Magazine wrote an issue on child abductions following divorce cases. The issue stated that Japan had become a "haven" for child abductions, since the country did not sign the Hague Convention on the Prevention of Child Abduction, which is a signed agreement to return children to the country from which they were taken. The issue told the sad story of a man whose Japanese ...
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Posted By Austin Divorce Attorney || 20-Apr-2012
When dealing with custody issues the court’s primary concern is what is in the child’s best interest. In the mid 1970’s the Texas Supreme Court in the Holley v. Adams opinion compiled a non-exhaustive list of factors to consider when determining what is in the child’s best interest. The factors fall into three broad categories 1. Caring for the child, 2. Maintaining family ...
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