Paternity, Termination, Adoption

Houston and Lufkin Family Law Attorneys

Paternity Test - Adoptions - Termination of Parental Rights

Christiansen Law Firm offers comprehensive legal services in matters of family law, including paternity, termination of parental rights, and adoption. For a free consultation with an experienced family law attorney, please contact a divorce and family law attorney at our law offices today.

Paternity

If a child is born within 300 days after the dissolution of a marriage, the husband is presumed to be the father. In most other cases, paternity is undetermined. If you haven't established the paternity of your child, you have no legal right to visit him or her. Every child has a right to know both parents. Parents have a right to have a relationship with their children and an obligation to support them emotionally and financially. For a father, establishing paternity is the first step toward exercising your legal rights to see your children and making a fair arrangement to contribute to their financial wellbeing. For mothers, establishing paternity is required before child support payments can be ordered. If you have concerns about paternity, please contact a paternity test lawyer at Christiansen Law Firm for a free initial consultation.

Termination of Parental Rights

When a child is suffering from severe abuse or neglect, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services will take action to remove the child from his or her home and terminate the parental rights of the parent. The child then becomes a ward of the state until he or she is placed in an adoptive family.

Termination of parental rights can be pursed privately as well. If one or both of a child's parents are endangering the child's safety or are not contributing to the child's welfare financially, we can pursue a termination of parental rights. A TPR is often the first step in the process of grandparent adoption or step parent adoption. For more information on the specific requirements for pursuing a TPR, please contact a family law attorney at Christiansen Law Firm.

Adoption

Nothing gives us more satisfaction than bringing together a new family through adoption. We have years of experience in private placement adoptions, stepparent adoptions, grandparent adoptions, and more. Because of our long experience and knowledge of the law, we can help you through the process as quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively as possible. Please contact an adoption attorney at Christiansen Law Firm for a free initial consultation regarding adoption.

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With offices in Lufkin and Houston, Texas the child custody attorney and family law attorneys of Christiansen Law Firm serve clients in the communities of San Antonio, Livingston, Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Houston, Columbus, Galveston, Conroe, Kingwood, Richmond, and Angleton, and residents of Harris County, Fort Bend County, Waller County, Montgomery County, Bexar County, Brazoria County, Austin County, Colorado County, Angelina County, Nacogdoches County, San Jacinto County, Polk County, and Trinity County, and throughout the United States, and around the world.

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