Protecting Your Interests in Child Custody Disputes
If you're facing problems or uncertainties about the security of your relationship with your children, the advice of a knowledgeable lawyer can help you get through a child custody dispute related to divorce or a paternity action. Contact the law firm of Laird Valdez in Houston to learn about the ways you can assert your rights as a parent in a manner that will also advance the best interests of your children.
Texas Law Presumes That Every Child Needs Both Parents
If your child custody case winds up in family court, the judge will render a decision according to the best interests of the child involved—not the preferences, resentments or convenience of either parent. At Laird Valdez, our attorneys get to know you and your situation in detail, and can give you a good idea of the factors the judge will consider in reaching a decision in your child's best interests.
A stable and significant relationship with both parents is presumed by law to be in every child's best interest, but the law also recognizes that mothers and fathers aren't always prepared to meet their parental responsibilities. In cases where a parent's drug abuse, alcoholism, family violence or mental illness might be a factor in child custody decisions, we can advocate forcefully for your position.
At Laird Valdez, our attorneys work with clients on both sides of high-conflict child custody cases—those with sound reasons for restricting the other parent's access to the children, and parents who will need to convince a court that they've made significant progress on past problems that could call their parental fitness into question.
We advise divorce clients about temporary custody and visitation orders, mediation of parent-child issues, and the negotiation or litigation of contested custody issues. We also represent people on either side of relocation proposals where the parent with primary physical custody wants to move to another state, another city in Texas, or even a foreign country.
Call 281-218-0900 in Houston, Clear Lake or Galveston
No matter what challenges your child custody case is likely to present, you can depend on the lawyers of Laird Valdez for honest answers, dependable advice and energetic representation in negotiations or in court. Contact our office in Houston to learn more about our experience with child custody and visitation problems between divorcing or unmarried parents.
