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H.B. No. 1262 Posession Guidelines for Children Under 3 Years of Age

February 17, 2011 Posted in Child Custody, Divorce

Interesting House Bill that sets guidelines for Courts to use when setting non-custodial parents possession and parenting time for children under three years of age. The bill stops short of...

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Further Results Oriented Lawyering by Mr. Granata

February 17, 2011 Posted in News

December 13th 2010: successfully mediated primary possession for client. January 6th 2011: successfully defended opposing party’s Motion requesting to cover the health insurance of the parties’...

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Results Oriented Lawyering by Mr. Granata

December 16, 2010 Posted in Michael P. Granata

November 1st 2010: Mr. Granata successfully stopped two Child Support Witholding Orders that were witholding money on the same child under two different case numbers.

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Continued Pattern of Successful Results

October 28, 2010 Posted in News

March 15th 2010: Mr. Granata’s client awarded primary custody March 23 2010: Mr. Granata’s client awarded more than Standard Possession from the custodial parent based on concerns by the Court...

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Texas Ranger’s Playoff Run Creates Uncertain Legal Future

October 28, 2010 Posted in News, Our Blog

Some legal levity. This author particularly likes footnotes 3 and 7 and it’s tempting to file an Amicus Brief on behalf of the Defendant’s denying the Motion given Lee’s performance last night.

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Yet another Texas Family Code 102.003(a)(9) case….

March 12, 2010 Posted in Child Custody

I can’t get enough of these standing cases. In re M.K.S.-V., 301 S.W.3d 460, Tex.App.-Dallas, 2009.

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Family Law Section March Speaker Announced

March 8, 2010 Posted in Press Releases

The March meeting of the Family Law Section is this Wednesday, March 10, 2010, noon at The Belo. This month’s speaker  will be Jeanette Carlson-Wahle, who will be speaking on “Negotiations and...

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San Antonio Court of Appeals breaks from tradition on 102.003(a)(9) Standing

March 6, 2010 Posted in Child Custody, Child Support

For some reason I find these standing cases super interesting. The analysis almost always focuses on ‘what exactly makes you a parent’ is fascinating to me.

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Texas Attorney General attempts to stop divorce

March 6, 2010 Posted in Industry News

As reported by the ABA, the Attorney General of Texas intervened in a divorce case involving a same-sex couple. It appears the Attorney General’s position is that since Texas doesn’t recognize a...

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Mr. Granata’s client awarded primary custody

March 6, 2010 Posted in News

Primary custody awarded to Mr. Granata’s client who had not been in the child’s life for over four years. Mr. Granata was able to successfully show that changing the child’s primary domicile to...

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