Family legal matters require sensitive handling and experienced advocacy to protect your loved ones and secure your future. The Law Office of Brett H. Pritchard has provided dedicated family law services to Georgetown residents for over twenty years, understanding that each family's situation is unique and demands personalized legal solutions. Our comprehensive approach addresses the emotional complexities while aggressively pursuing favorable outcomes for our clients throughout Williamson County.

Comprehensive Family Legal Services

Our Georgetown family law practice encompasses a wide range of legal issues that affect families during both harmonious and challenging times. We handle adoption proceedings that help families grow through legal channels, ensuring all documentation meets Texas requirements and facilitating smooth transitions for children and parents. Our attorneys guide clients through domestic adoption, step-parent adoption, and relative adoption cases with careful attention to legal procedures and emotional considerations.

Child custody disputes require thorough preparation and strategic advocacy to protect parental rights and children's welfare. Texas courts evaluate custody arrangements based on the best interests of the child, considering factors such as parental stability, emotional bonds, educational support, and living environments. Our experienced attorneys document evidence supporting our clients' custody positions while preparing compelling arguments for court presentations.

Visitation rights often accompany custody determinations, establishing schedules that serve children's needs while respecting both parents' involvement. We negotiate reasonable visitation arrangements and modify existing orders when circumstances change. Our firm also handles grandparent visitation rights under Texas law, recognizing the important relationships children maintain with extended family members.

Child Support and Paternity Issues

Child support calculations in Texas follow statutory guidelines that consider the paying parent's income and number of children requiring support. Our attorneys ensure accurate income calculations, including wages, bonuses, commissions, and other compensation sources. We handle both establishment of new support orders and modification of existing obligations when financial circumstances change significantly.

Paternity cases establish legal father-child relationships that affect custody, visitation, and support obligations. Our firm handles voluntary acknowledgment of paternity and contested paternity cases requiring genetic testing. Establishing paternity provides children with legal rights to inheritance, social security benefits, and medical insurance coverage while clarifying parental responsibilities.

Fathers' rights representation ensures that biological and adoptive fathers receive equal consideration in custody and visitation determinations. Texas law recognizes fathers' fundamental rights to maintain relationships with their children, and our attorneys advocate vigorously to protect these important family bonds.

Marriage Dissolution and Property Matters

Divorce proceedings in Georgetown involve complex legal and emotional challenges that require experienced guidance. Our attorneys handle both contested and uncontested divorce cases, working to achieve fair resolutions while minimizing conflict and stress for families. We provide honest assessments of divorce options and advocate for arrangements that protect our clients' interests and children's welfare.

Military divorce cases present unique challenges due to federal laws governing military benefits, deployment schedules, and jurisdictional issues. Our firm has extensive experience with military divorce procedures, including division of military retirement benefits, health insurance continuation, and custody arrangements that accommodate military service requirements.

Property division requires careful evaluation of marital assets and separate property classifications. Texas community property laws presume equal ownership of assets acquired during marriage, but courts may order unequal distribution based on specific circumstances. Our attorneys work with financial experts to identify, value, and protect our clients' property interests during divorce proceedings.

Spousal maintenance determinations depend on specific statutory criteria, including marriage duration, earning capacity, and financial need. We present thorough evidence supporting or opposing spousal support requests, ensuring fair evaluations that comply with Texas law requirements.

Protecting Your Family's Future

Family law matters affect your most important relationships and financial security. Our Georgetown family law attorneys provide compassionate counsel combined with aggressive advocacy to achieve favorable outcomes. We offer emergency appointments for urgent situations and flexible payment arrangements to accommodate our clients' financial circumstances during challenging times.

When your family faces legal challenges, trust the experienced attorneys at the Law Office of Brett H. Pritchard to protect your interests and secure your future. Contact our Georgetown family law team at 254-781-4222 or online to schedule your free consultation and learn how we can help resolve your family legal matters with skill and dedication.

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When a person's family or well-being may be at stake, it can rightfully be a loaded situation. As a family law attorney, we are extremely aware of the delicacy needed when dealing with these matters. If you are filing for a divorce, or if you are involved in any family law dispute, it is important to contact the Law Office of Brett H. Pritchard to try to maximize your potential for a successful outcome.

Our firm handles military divorces, which are different than normal divorces due to the nature of military service. Divorce proceedings may affect the ability of a spouse to maintain military benefits, and military members in active duty can delay divorce proceedings when the proceedings overlap with their service.

Texas is classified as a community property state, so property obtained during the course of marriage is owned equally by two partners. However, judges have the ability to declare equitable distribution in a divorce, meaning that the judge can divide the assets as they see fit. The advocacy of our family law attorney may be able to increase your chances of retaining your assets in a divorce.

Attorneys Pritchard, Gaunt, Thompson, Sykora, Lawton and Paralegal Bre Judkins