Divorce is a legal action that affects each family personally, making it one of the most difficult choices of a lifetime. Divorce proceedings feel like an open window into a family’s life for others to peer in and watch its dissolution unfold. Finding compassionate legal representation can be a challenge.

Le & Le, PLLC takes an understanding approach to your needs, providing the quality experience you need from a Dallas family law attorney. Years of experience as a family law firm helping other families have proven that we are committed to serving your family and ensuring the guidance you receive will produce the best outcome possible. Your family is worth fighting for, and we stand beside each client to find solid resolutions to family law issues.

Family Law Issues We Handle

Le & Le, PLLC is dedicated to finding solutions to all family law issues your family experiences. Family dynamics are complicated, and so are the laws that surround them. We want to make any challenging situation more manageable, so your life can find a new normal as quickly as possible.

Our areas of practice reach much broader than divorce because divorce proceedings involve many intricate details. Let our family law firm work with your family to resolve the following family law issues.

Child Custody

Some of the most contentious interactions in a divorce occur over custody disputes. We are dedicated to exploring solutions that focus on ensuring children feel secure in their parental relationships while safeguarding their needs. Whether partners decide to co-parent or the child’s best interest is to remain with one parent, we are dedicated to finding a beneficial outcome for children and their families.

Le & Le, PLLC works with clients to establish the terms of child custody. Texas laws work to ensure a child has a safe environment to live in that provides stability, allows a child to maintain contact with each parent on a continual basis, and that each parent shares in the responsibilities of raising a child after the dissolution of a marriage. Understanding conservatorship and Texas law is vital to determining each parent’s role in a child’s life.

  • Possessory Conservatorship: Determines the physical custody of a child. Parents, when capable, will work together to determine when and how much time a child will spend with each parent (Tex. Fam. Code §153.311).
  • Managing Conservatorship: Legal custody of a child allows a parent or parents in a joint managing conservatorship to make vital decisions for a child that may influence their educational, religious, or cultural upbringing and make decisions on a child’s medical needs.

We encourage open discussion to relay any concerns of abuse or neglect that may influence conservatorship and will work with clients to ensure sole managing conservatorship when the following situations exist:

  • Child abuse or neglect has occurred.
  • Issues of drug or alcohol abuse by the other parent exist.
  • The other parent is not active in a child’s life.
  • A history of family violence is present.

Le & Le, PLLC knows that taking these actions against a partner can be overwhelming and frightening. We strive to facilitate a safe environment for everyone to live in and secure the financial support required to meet a child’s needs.

Property Division

Texas is a community property state requiring marital assets to be divided in a just and right manner. There are essential considerations when determining the division of property, and varying circumstances in the marriage can play a factor in property division. Our Dallas family law attorneys will work to protect your separate property and to ensure an equitable community property division in each case.

Couples are often surprised to learn that debt is divided between spouses in a divorce. Proving these debts were incurred without one partner’s awareness, the debt existed before the marriage, or any other extenuating circumstance that exist may be essential to protect a spouse from assuming responsibility for debts they were unaware of.

Couples who are able to communicate effectively should discuss these debts, the time needed to pay the debt, potential tax consequences, and any other issues surrounding debt. Working with a mediator and a Dallas family law attorney skilled in negotiation will ensure couples have more say in the outcome of a divorce.

High Net Worth

High net worth divorces may face unique challenges. Asset division is often highly contested. Some circumstances may require the use of a forensic accountant to ensure all marital property is accounted for and accurately valued. Property division includes, but is not limited to, the following:

  • Multiple properties
  • Significant financial interests and investments
  • Retirement packages and savings accounts
  • Business interests
  • Automobiles, watercraft, and aircraft

The exceptional organizational skills our family law firm possesses allows us to create a detailed inventory of all the assets in a marriage to ensure a fair division of property. Our ability to process this information efficiently also helps us recognize when discrepancies or shifts in funds occur, potentially indicating the hiding of funds from one partner by another.

Our clients deserve access to their portion of assets to begin a successful life after divorce.

Other Factors to Consider in Divorce

Clients are often concerned with how long the divorce process will take and how settling family law issues might delay progress. Many factors must be considered. If both partners ultimately agree on the divorce and the major terms surrounding the dissolution, then an uncontested divorce process occurs. There are benefits to an uncontested divorce, including:

  • The divorce process is faster but still requires a 60-day waiting period.
  • They often cost less.

A contested divorce takes place when the partners in a marriage cannot agree to the terms of a divorce. Coming to an agreement can take time and lengthen the divorce process. We work closely with our clients in the mediation and collaborative divorce processes, which offer alternative dispute resolution options to work through family decisions in a more productive manner.

Despite the type of divorce a client is engaged in, it is imperative to the outcome of a divorce that clients work with a skilled Dallas family law attorney.

Divorce Modifications

Circumstances surrounding life change continually, which may require modifying divorce orders. Divorce modifications are necessary when income and financial needs change after a divorce, in cases of child custody, and in the enforcement of the obligations of a spouse or parent when duties in a divorce agreement are not being met.

Financial situations can change when a parent receives a pay raise or becomes unemployed. Sometimes, employment in a position that pays less becomes a factor that influences a spousal support order. Divorce modifications may also be requested when a child’s safety is in question.

It will be up to the spouse requesting modification to offer proof that modifications should occur and these changes are in the child’s best interest or if these modifications are necessary in determining spousal support. Le & Le, PLLC will stand with you to ensure your child’s safety, protect financial stability, and require that spouses comply with divorce decrees.

Texas Family Court Experience

Choosing an attorney to represent you in a Texas divorce is a tremendous decision, and your representation requires a highly trained and experienced team in family court matters. The decisions made in family law cases will have an impact moving forward on the daily lives of each person in your life. Ensuring Dallas County residents are represented by experience and given the knowledge to make these vital decisions concerning family matters and comply with Dallas County Standing Orders is what we strive to do for each case.

Le & Le, PLLC works with families of varying backgrounds to help clients seek the best outcome in custody cases and other family law cases that arise. We are an experienced family law practice determined to ensure each client explores the options available and weighs each choice with intention. We are sensitive to immigration matters and family law and want each client to feel understood by having worked with our team.

We develop respectful relationships with each client who chooses us. This trust is a vital component that allows every individual we serve to have confidence in our ability to fight for the rights of their family. Moving past divorce, we want to have contributed to the success of each individual we serve.

Contact the Family Law Attorneys in Dallas at Le & Le, PLLC Today

It is vital that you receive sound legal advice when family law issues impact your family. Whether going through a divorce, modifying a divorce agreement, or working to establish child custody agreements, Le & Le, PLLC provides outstanding legal services that meet your unique needs. We understand that you have a choice in Dallas family lawyers, but we have proven our commitment to clients by establishing honest attorney-client relationships that allow us to work for the best outcome in a divorce.

You can reach us online or by calling today. Our legal services are provided in the Arabic, Spanish, Vietnamese, and English languages. When you need a compassionate family law attorney dedicated to your needs, Le & Le PLLC is honored to serve your family law needs in Dallas County.