Hello, everyone. Welcome to October and the standard possession order. It looks like we've got a pretty simple month, this week. One holiday, but it falls on an off weekend under the standard possession order. So we are just going to have our kind of standard weekly and weekday and weekend visitation schedule....
Hi, Chris Schmiedeke of Divorced Simplified. So the kids are back in school, and it's almost September, so where are we in the Standard Possession Order for Texas? So this is a pretty standard month in that we are not going to have a fifth weekend of the month. So you are going to, if you are the visiting parent...
Hi, I'm Chris Schmiedeke of Divorced Simplified, and rather than type out a blog post today on the summer possession or the end of the summer possession under a Texas standard possession order for August, I figured I'd do a video this time and maybe use a calendar to illustrate some points that I would like y'all to check out....
July is upon us. Summer is here and so is the Texas heat! What important questions do we need to be answered for July and the Texas standard possession order? Non Custodial Parent If you are the parent who exercises standard visitation in Texas, the non-custodial parent (NCP), and you did not designate specific dates for your thirty days for extended...
June is here, and so is the summer. By the time you read this, most kids should be out of school. Some important notes to remember in a standard possession order in Texas: the weekend visitations continue throughout the summer; and weeknight possessions do not. I get this question all the time and for some reason, people cannot figure this...
So it's May 2020, let’s review the applicable weekend and weekday visitations under the Texas Standard Possession Order: The non-custodial parent (the parent exercising visitation in the standard possession order) will have the child(ren) on weekends beginning on Friday the 1st, 15th, and 29th (5th Friday of the month) this month. Note: since there is a 5th Friday this month, the...
What happens if my ex-spouse has COVID-19? Watch the video above to learn more. "Hi, I'm Chris Schmiedeke of Divorce Simplified. We help clients simplify the divorce process. In this video I'm going to talk to you a little bit about what happens if one party or the child has COVID-19 or is suspected that they could have COVID-19. All the...
Watch the video above to learn more about transfer provisions for child custody. "Hi, I'm Chris Schmiedeke of Divorce Simplified. We help clients simplify the divorce process. All right, in my previous video, we discussed the possession and access under the COVID-19 pandemic or the shelter in place orders. We all know that the kids are not in school but under...
Watch the video above to learn more about visitation and possession during COVID-19. "Hi, I'm Chris Schmiedeke of Divorce Simplified. We help clients simplify the divorce process. I know there's been a lot of confusion lately about the possession orders in Texas because of the COVID-19 and the shelter-in-place orders. People are not sure what to do, when they're supposed to...
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Granted, your marriage is not what it used to be, but all your time is spent working and carting your kids around to their activities. You try to make time for each other, and sometimes you do, but most of the time you are just too tired.
