Carlock Gormley Hight

Dallas Family Law Attorneys Providing Compassionate Professional Legal Assistance in a Time of Personal Crisis

Complex Divorce • Child Custody • Texas Child Visitation Laws • Modifications • Grandparents' Rights • Joint Managing Conservatorships • Collaborative Law • Mediation

Negotiating the terms of child visitation, including who has primary possession and when the non-custodial parent is permitted access, can cause stress during even the most cordial of divorces. At Carlock Gormley Hight, in Dallas, Texas, our child visitation attorneys are dedicated to lessening the effects of divorce on children where possible. When you contact our parents' rights lawyers, you can trust that you will get the benefit of our 50 years of combined experience providing dignified and respectful legal advice to all of the concerned parties.

In matters of conservatorships and child custody, the State of Texas has rules about joint custody that focus more on equal participation rather than equal time. Even social scientists and judges disagree on what type of shared parenting time and visitation arrangement is healthiest for a child following a divorce. With extensive experience in these types of cases, our child visitation lawyers can anticipate common problems such as the following:

• Dealing with a non-custodial parent who returns the child late
• Dealing with a parent who refuses to use the visitation time to be with the child
• Dealing with a parent who signs the child up for extracurricular activities that conflict with the possession periods of the other parent.

Even with court orders mandating the standards of the joint managing of conservatorships, modifications are often needed to resolve new conflicts that arise when circumstances change, such as the relocation of the custodial parent. Our attorneys are advocates of using collaborative law and mediation to take everyone’s goals into account and come up with a workable solution. We recommend a patient, civil approach for parents dealing with all the change associated with modification issues. We provide referrals to parenting classes, if you believe it would be beneficial.

For effective and results-oriented legal advice on Texas child visitation laws tailored to your particular needs, contact our family law firm today to schedule an appointment. Our office is located in Preston Center in North Dallas, adjacent to the Park Cities and Preston Hollow, and about two blocks from the Dallas North Tollway. We look forward to helping you resolve your Texas child visitation laws issues.