So for a matter like you describe you will want a lawyer that, in general, handles Civil Litigation issues. More specifically though this would be...

The easy answer to this is that you can't "drop" charges. Once you make a report the entire thing is pretty much out of your hands. If the police...

In Texas the answer is more or less that it takes as long as it takes. There is no hard set time limit on when exactly a particular type of case...

Unfortunately there is a lot of nuance in this area and a lot of facts would be part of determining the actual answer for you. For example, whether...

The unfortunate answer is that there is not any simple answer here and you all are likely in the territory of needing an attorney, especially if...

So there is quite a bit going on here so lets parse these out just a bit: 1. As far as filing criminal charges, you are entirely free in Texas...