I'm a woman and my girlfriend is in jail and we want to get married.

Talk to your County Clerk about application for a marriage license and marriage by proxy. Talk to the Sheriff's Office and Jail Administration...

If you represent yourself you can contact opposing counsel. If you have counsel, your counsel only should speak to his counsel. You should seek...

Does joint custody orders become invalid once the parents reunite?

Were they remarried? That would have ended the orders by operation of law. Take the orders to family law counsel to review. If in doubt...

If if the judge ordered a restraining order and me and my wife did not is there a way to get it lifted?

You are talking about an emergency magistrate's protective order. Either of you can file to vacate or modify the order, serve the other party...

Was there a Mediated Settlement Agreement signed by parties and/or counsel? Was the prior case kept pending on file? Talk to your prior family...

I need help with child support ?

You need to retain family law counsel to file a termination based on mistaken paternity or paternity fraud. You have one year from the date your...

Can I be summoned by a person in another state for paternity? What does Ord & Notice Attend Parent Inf mean?

Contact family law attorney in Austin/Travis County area and/or in other state first to challenge properly in accordance with the other state's law...

What can a family member that got the wrong birth papers do to fix his name?

Contact Texas Department of Health Vital Statistics on line or by telephone. The problem may be fixable without court orders. But go talk to...

If I don't want custody of my 12 son because I haven't seen him in 10 yrs

What are your options insofar as what are you trying to do legally? Do you have custody presently? You have not seen him in 10 years so do you...

What are some legal challenges we should expect for both having double-barrelled surnames after we get married?

I believe your first concern is immigration law. In family law adults are legally allowed to change their names by following requirements in Texas...