Daily Tool
The Daily Tool posts below offer nuggets of information in bite sized bits so that you can absorb these ideas over time without getting into information overload.
DAILY TOOL: What if My Judge Does Not Believe in Equal Shared Parenting?
TOOL OF THE DAY: Equal Shared Parenting CATEGORY: Family Law What if your judge doesn't believe in equal shared parenting? And what if the experts he relies on don't either? Your judge is probably going to believe any therapists, GALs or custody evaluators before they...
Parallel Parenting Steps for Setting Boundaries with a Narcissist Parenting Time Guidelines
Co-Parenting vs. Parallel Parenting - When it is healthier to disengage from the other parent... Do parents need to get along in order to have equal time with their child? No. Should co-parenting be the standard for deciding whether or not the child gets equal time...
DAILY TOOL: Social Studies
TOOL OF THE DAY: Social Studies CATEGORY: Family Law Your family code defines what power the court has to order a social study. The code should also states what criteria has to be met before a social study can be ordered. In Texas Family Code section 107.051 the judge...
DAILY TOOL: How Might a Child Therapist Affect Your Child Custody Outcome?
TOOL OF THE DAY: Child Therapists and Parenting Facilitators CATEGORY: Family Law Child therapists do not determine the best interest of your child unless you authorize them to do so. One way that you can counter some of what a therapist is testifying to in your case...
DAILY TOOL: What Did the Court Just Teach Your Children?
TOOL OF THE DAY: Empowering Children in Harmful Ways CATEGORY: Family Law Culture Has your judge ever asked you to "Think about what you two are teaching your children?" Asks you how you want to influence them and what you want to teach them. And then the judge strips...
DAILY TOOL: Why Should You Have Hope When Family Courts Just Keep Winning?
TOOL OF THE DAY: Hope CATEGORY: Family Law Reform Hope is one of the most powerful and energizing emotions. Without hope people fall into despair, depression, and helplessness. Have you ever watched a show and found amazement in human strength in a story of someone...
DAILY TOOL: Does Right of First Refusal Feed Narcissists?
Does the right of first refusal feed a narcissist’s ego and make them worse? The Right of First Refusal like best interest sounds great in theory but in practice its far less great.
DAILY TOOL: Motion for Protective Order Sample Template
TOOL OF THE DAY: Protective Order Sample Template CATEGORY: Family Law Templates If you have been served discovery, asked to do a social study, psych eval, custody evaluation, submit to a counselor or any other type of search you can ask your attorney (if you have...
DAILY TOOL: I told the Judge No, Now What? Protect Yourself from Family Court Discovery…
TOOL OF THE DAY: A Simple Proven Method for Protecting Yourself from Discovery CATEGORY: Family Law Procedure When a divorce is filed, the judge makes orders right away. These orders trigger things that you will be told that you have to do. We help you understand what...
DAILY TOOL: Help How Do I Prove a Statute Unconstitutional?
TOOL OF THE DAY: When is a statute constitutional or unconstitutional? CATEGORY: Family Law Okay so you told the court that you believed the statute was unconstitutional, but the Judge disagreed and said that the appellate court in other cases found the statute that...
Daily Tool: Habeas Corpus Sample for Protection if you Refuse to Submit to Family Court Orders…
TOOL OF THE DAY: Habeas Corpus Motion Sample CATEGORY: Family Law Procedure Are you facing a hearing where the court is threatening to hold you in contempt for not giving in to demands for a psych eval, custody eval, social study or something else that invades your...
Daily Tool: Protecting Your Child During and After Divorce
TOOL OF THE DAY: Protecting Your Child During and After Divorce CATEGORY: Family Law Protective parents are feeling frustrated and powerless. Let's take a look at what some are considering protective. “It is my job as a father to protect my son. I don’t agree with the...