Texas Family Law Attorney Says Agreeing on a Possession and Access Schedule is Key to Enjoying the Summer During and After Divorce

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It is no secret that many kids look forward to summer. The extended break from school gives kids more time to relax, spend time with friends and family, and enjoy their favorite activities. Parents love summer too, but work schedules and other adult responsibilities can sometimes make planning a fun summer for the whole family challenging. If a parent is divorced or divorcing, the challenges they face in designing their summer are multiplied by the fact that they must make their plans within the confines of their possession and access schedule. If divorcing parents have not yet come up with a workable possession and access schedule, the task of planning their summer schedules can be even more difficult.

Fortunately, stress and difficulty do not have to hold you and your kids back from having a great summer. When you work with your attorney and your children’s other parent and their attorney to create a possession and access schedule that is doable for everyone, you’ll have all the information that you need to make summer plans that you and your children will enjoy. If you’re starting your divorce, or if you and your children’s parent are having trouble coming together to decide on a possession and access schedule, now is the time to make creating that schedule a priority. Schedule some time to work with your attorney, your children’s’ other parent, and their attorney to attend to it as soon as possible.

The Texas family court has a standard possession order which it awards in cases where parents cannot agree on a possession and access schedule. Most pairs of divorcing parents do not want a schedule where the kids are with one parent most of the time and with the other parent on Thursday evenings and the first, third, and fifth weekend of each month. Parents are encouraged to set aside their differences, put their heads together, and work with their attorneys to create their own possession and access schedule. Parents who work together to create a possession and access schedule are almost always much more satisfied with the plan in the long run than parents who are awarded the standard possession order by the court.

As you work with your attorney, aim to create a possession and access schedule that clearly states who will spend time with the children when both during the school year and summer vacation. Include specifics for holidays and birthdays. Take care to include rules for how and when last-minute changes can be made to the schedule. Also, plan for communication between the children and each parent when they are in the care of the other parent as well as rules for notifying the other parent about plans to attend camps or other activities far from home and vacations. While you’re working on making a possession and access schedule, you may wonder whether all of the hard work, negotiation, and, yes, compromise is worth it, but as I stated before, parents who do work together to create a schedule instead of allowing the court to award the standard plan are much more satisfied with the outcome. It is almost always worth it to hang in there and do the work until you reach an agreement.

If you would like to talk with an attorney about divorce in Texas, call Texas Family Law Attorney Alex Tyra with your Texas divorce questions today, at (903) 753-7499.

 

 

 

 

Texas Family Law Attorney Says Agreeing on a Possession and Access Schedule is Key to Enjoying the Summer During and After Divorce

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It is no secret that many kids look forward to summer. The extended break from school gives kids more time to relax, spend time with friends and family, and enjoy their favorite activities. Parents love summer too, but work schedules and other adult responsibilities can sometimes make planning a fun summer for the whole family challenging. If a parent is divorced or divorcing, the challenges they face in designing their summer are multiplied by the fact that they must make their plans within the confines of their possession and access schedule. If divorcing parents have not yet come up with a workable possession and access schedule, the task of planning their summer schedules can be even more difficult.

Fortunately, stress and difficulty do not have to hold you and your kids back from having a great summer. When you work with your attorney and your children’s other parent and their attorney to create a possession and access schedule that is doable for everyone, you’ll have all the information that you need to make summer plans that you and your children will enjoy. If you’re starting your divorce, or if you and your children’s parent are having trouble coming together to decide on a possession and access schedule, now is the time to make creating that schedule a priority. Schedule some time to work with your attorney, your children’s’ other parent, and their attorney to attend to it as soon as possible.

The Texas family court has a standard possession order which it awards in cases where parents cannot agree on a possession and access schedule. Most pairs of divorcing parents do not want a schedule where the kids are with one parent most of the time and with the other parent on Thursday evenings and the first, third, and fifth weekend of each month. Parents are encouraged to set aside their differences, put their heads together, and work with their attorneys to create their own possession and access schedule. Parents who work together to create a possession and access schedule are almost always much more satisfied with the plan in the long run than parents who are awarded the standard possession order by the court.

As you work with your attorney, aim to create a possession and access schedule that clearly states who will spend time with the children when both during the school year and summer vacation. Include specifics for holidays and birthdays. Take care to include rules for how and when last-minute changes can be made to the schedule. Also, plan for communication between the children and each parent when they are in the care of the other parent as well as rules for notifying the other parent about plans to attend camps or other activities far from home and vacations. While you’re working on making a possession and access schedule, you may wonder whether all of the hard work, negotiation, and, yes, compromise is worth it, but as I stated before, parents who do work together to create a schedule instead of allowing the court to award the standard plan are much more satisfied with the outcome. It is almost always worth it to hang in there and do the work until you reach an agreement.

If you would like to talk with an attorney about divorce in Texas, call Texas Family Law Attorney Alex Tyra with your Texas divorce questions today, at (903) 753-7499.

 

 

 

 

Texas DWI Defense Attorney Reminds Boaters to Know and Follow Texas Boating Rules

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Last year, twenty-nine people died, and many more were injured in hundreds of boating accidents throughout the state of Texas. This year, boating season opened with water levels that are higher than usual, and Texas game wardens were out in force patrolling lakes and other waterways in an effort to remind boaters to make safety their top priority.

People who enjoy boating in Texas should be aware that there are safety rules that they must follow when they go out on the water. For example, a life jacket must be available for each person on the boat. Children who are age thirteen or younger are required by law to have their life jacket on at any time while the boat is moving or drifting. Game wardens can and do issue citations for violations of the state’s life jacket rules, which exist for the purpose of saving lives. Drowning causes many boating accident fatalities, and most drowning victims were not wearing life jackets at the time that they drowned. Boat operators are encouraged to take an additional step to protect their lives and the lives of their passengers and attach the clip for the boat’s kill switch to their life jacket. Kill switches have the potential to save many lives in boating accidents, and many boats have them. Unfortunately, they only work when they are used correctly, which means attaching the clip to the operator’s life jacket. Be sure that you learn and follow all boating laws that apply to you and your watercraft before you go out on the water this summer.

As game wardens throughout the state monitor lakes and waterways this boating season, life jackets are not the only thing they’ll be looking for. Intoxicated boaters cause many boating accidents, injuries, and deaths each year. If you operate a boat or any other watercraft when your blood alcohol level is above 0.08, you can be charged with the offense of boating while intoxicated. If you are convicted, you may face fines, jail time, and the loss of your drivers’ license.

Boaters are also required to report certain boating accidents. Contact the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department or a local law enforcement agency if you are involved in a boating accident where someone dies or requires medical attention that goes beyond the basic first aid that you would use to treat bumps, bruises, scrapes, sunburn and the like. You must also report any boating accident where over two thousand dollars of property damage occurs, even if no one is hurt in the crash.

If you are charged with a boating-related crime in Texas, contact Texas criminal and DWI defense attorney Alex Tyra right away. Criminal charges like boating while intoxicated can have a far-reaching effect on multiple areas of your life. We urge you to take immediate action today to protect your rights. Please call our office to speak with us, at (903) 753-7499, or fill out a contact form on our website.