If I am served with court orders and CPS obtains entry into my home, by law do I still have the right to not say anything?

You have the right not to say anything. CPS will view that as you being uncooperative. If CPS finds that there are grounds to remove your child...

When to have parental rights terminated

Chapter 161 of the Texas Family Code lists grounds for termination. What you are describing, if you can prove it (file Motion for Drug Testing)...

Termination of parental rights and step parent adoption

You probably meet the criteria to terminate the bio dad's rights. You can file a Certificate of Informal Marriage and put the year that you and...

My daughter and I need help with custody....

You need to contact your legal aid attorney and find out when the case will go to court. Then a judge can make a ruling which will likely be in...

Actually for the ad litem to have interviewed the kids in the first 4 weeks is not bad. Do you have an attorney. Has discovery been conducted...

In love with an older man?

The legal answer to your question: 17 is the age of consent in Texas. But I have to agree with the two previous answer. A man who is 34 that is...

Can my husband just not show up in court? Or does he need to file a motion to dismiss instead?

If the other side has not filed anything and does not show up (and you can't be sure unless you are there) and your husband is not there, then the...

Protection Order & Child Custody issues for newly divorced mom. Divorce was granted 8/18/14 in Johnson Co-lives in Ft Worth now

In Texas when you sign a Mediated Settlement Agreement *(MSA) it usually says at the end that it is IRREVOCABLE. That means it can't be changed...

What steps would my wife and I have to take to gain guardianship of her niece, who's mother wishes for her to reside with us?

Since the child will be in Texas, you want something a Texas court will accept. There is actually a Letter of Authorization that states who the...

My ex husband took a dna sample from my son without my permission, my son lives with me....is this legal?

Since a DNA swab is not an invasive procedure, he probably has a right to do this. Being on the birth certificate does not make him the bio dad. ...