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Bad Temporary Orders: Why You Can’t Appeal Them — And What You Can Do Instead

Texas courtroom where a temporary orders hearing takes place

Temporary orders hearings are short, stressful, and often the most important day of a family law case. What the judge sets up at the start of a case tends to become the status quo, and the status quo has a way of turning into the final order. So when someone calls me after a temporary … Read more

Before You Sign That Texas Mediated Settlement Agreement, Understand This

Case law legal research Texas family court books

A mediated settlement agreement in Texas isn’t a proposal, and it isn’t a draft you get to sleep on and revise in the morning. If it meets the requirements in the Texas Family Code, it’s about as close to bulletproof as anything gets in family law, and most pro se litigants don’t find that out … Read more

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