I filed a divorce and payed for the papers to be served to my spouse. what happens if they can't find her to serve the papers?

I agree with Attorney Moore but want to expand on his answer a bit. It depends if you know where your spouse is or not. If you know where your...

My Ex Husband is trying to cease making spousal support payments by claiming my new boyfriend and I are "common law" married!!!

What you can do is request a search from the Bureau of Vital Statistics in Texas. Counties send their marriage records to the bureau and the bureau...

What are the chances of the biological father taking full custody and changing the name of my so thought son.

Attorney Little nailed it, I just want to expand on his answer a bit. 1) The biological father, if he is indeed the biological father, will...

Can the Texas OAG determine I'm the father if i never signed papers to say that I am and I never took a paternity test?

If you never went to court and they sent you a citation and properly served it, they got a default judgment against you. These are pretty tough to...

Can someone who thinks he is the father of my child get rights to my child if he is not even on the birth certificate

Visitation yes. Full custody is unlikely, absent abuse or neglect. If he is the father, despite not being on the birth certificate, he can apply...

If the father of my child is put on child support does that mean he gets custody or visitation

He is, at the very least, entitled to some form of visitation if you put child support on him. Support and visitation generally go hand-in-hand...

What exactly is a petition for a parent-child relationship?

A petition for parent-child relationship is really a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. These are meant to get some orders in place that...

Is it easier to represent myself in a custody hearing or get a lawyer because I don't have the money a lawyer is wanting

It's very, very difficult to represent yourself and get your side of the story heard without an attorney, especially if the other side has an...

You're going to need to bring a motion for enforcement against him if that repayment was in his divorce decree. Motions for enforcement are...

My sister has passed leaving my 1O year old niece with my mother. How should my mother go about getting leagal custody of her?

Since your niece has lived with your mother since birth, she has possible standing to file a Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship to get...