Some family cases settle. Some get fought.
Contested or uncontested, an El Paso family case ends in a signed order that governs your children, your home, and your income for years. We handle both tracks — and prepare every one of them as if a judge will have to decide it. Se habla español.
Find yours before you spend a dollar.
Nearly every family case in El Paso runs down one of two tracks. They cost different amounts, take different amounts of time, and require different lawyering. Most people are told this after they hire someone. You get told it on the first call.
You agree, and you need it done properly.
Children, property, debts, support — all of it settled between you. The work is drafting and procedure, not argument. Done wrong, an agreed decree is unenforceable the first time somebody stops honoring it.
- Petition, waiver of service, and a decree that says what you actually agreed to
- Parenting terms written so a court can enforce them without a second lawsuit
- Retirement, vehicles, and the house handled with the right transfer documents
- Prove-up and entry — you leave with a signed order, not a promise
You don’t agree — or you can’t afford to lose.
One of you disputes custody, income, property, or the facts. The first hearing is often the one that sets the next year of your life — where the children sleep, who stays in the house, who pays what.
- Temporary orders litigated early, because the temporary usually becomes the permanent
- Discovery that finds undisclosed income, accounts, and property
- Mediation entered with leverage — a prepared file, not a hopeful one
- Family-violence allegations and protective orders handled by trial lawyers who try cases
What we handle in El Paso family court.
Divorce
Agreed or fought — with or without children, with or without a business.
→FAM-02Custody & Conservatorship
Who decides, who is primary, and where the children live.
→FAM-03Possession & Access
Standard, expanded, and custom schedules that survive real life.
→FAM-04Child Support
Guideline calculations, disputed income, medical and dental support.
→FAM-05Property & Debt Division
Community vs. separate — the house, retirement, and what's hidden.
→FAM-06Modifications
Orders that no longer fit the job, the income, or the child.
→FAM-07Enforcement & Contempt
When the other side stops following the order the court signed.
→FAM-08Protective Orders
Family-violence allegations — answered, or pursued, by trial lawyers.
→Also: paternity and SAPCR suits, name changes, premarital and marital property agreements, and grandparent or non-parent access questions. If your matter isn’t listed, call and ask — 915-223-6330.
Where a family case actually goes.
An uncontested matter skips most of the middle: file, wait out the statutory 60 days, prove up, and enter the decree. A contested one lives or dies at steps 03 and 04.
Trial lawyers, in a courthouse most people only visit once.
Both tracks, one standard
An agreed decree gets the same drafting care as a contested trial file, because both end in an order somebody has to live under. Efficient where it can be efficient. Ready where it can’t.
Where family law meets criminal court
Protective orders, family-violence allegations, and assault charges land in custody cases constantly — and they are handled by two former Texas prosecutors in this same firm, not referred out mid-case.
El Paso, and answered
An office on North Mesa, a line answered around the clock, and attorney-direct Spanish. You will know where your case stands and what happens next — no silence, no surprises.
The eight questions we hear first.
What actually makes a case “contested”?
How fast can a Texas divorce be finished?
Can my spouse and I just use one lawyer to save money?
Can I file in El Paso County?
How does a Texas court decide custody?
How is child support calculated?
Is Texas property split 50/50?
What will this cost?
General legal information, not legal advice for any individual case or situation. Statutory points above are summarized from the Texas Family Code for orientation only — residency (§ 6.301), the 60-day waiting period and its family-violence exceptions (§ 6.702), best interest of the child (§ 153.002), the joint managing conservatorship presumption (§ 153.131), child-support guidelines (§ 154.125), the community property presumption (§ 3.003), and just-and-right division (§ 7.001). Every case differs. Speak with counsel about yours: 915-223-6330, answered 24/7. Se habla español.
Tell us which track you’re on.
A few sentences and a phone number is all it takes — attach an existing order or a filed petition if you have one. Confidential, no obligation, answered 24/7.
Served with papers? There is a deadline on the citation, and missing it can hand the other side a default order. Bring the paperwork to the call — the date on it matters more than the contents.