Austin Family Law Attorneys

The prospect of divorce or custody battle can be overwhelming. The decisions and outcome in a case may affect you and your family for many years to come both emotionally and financially.

The Austin, Texas family law attorneys at Brown & Gast, P.L.L.C. are prepared to provide effective and affordable legal advice to help you make informed decisions about your divorce and other family law matters.

The experienced divorce attorneys at Brown & Gast P.L.L.C. are prepared to handle contested divorces and custody battles all the way to trial. Our attorneys prepare each case as if it is going to trial. This approach allows us to fully evaluate the case, discover all relevant facts, account for assets of the marital estate, discover hidden assets due to marital fraud or fraud on the community, in order to promote a favorable settlement and prepare for trial if settlement cannot be reached.

The family law attorneys at Brown & Gast P.L.L.C. will guide you through the legal process to help you achieve the best results possible for you and your family.

Divorce and Division of Property
The divorce attorneys at Brown & Gast P.L.L.C. represent individuals in cases ranging from simple uncontested divorces with very little community property and no children to highly contested cases involving complex marital estates involving the division of property, tracing of assets, issues of separate property, premarital agreements, claims for economic contribution, and claims for reimbursement.

Even the most complex property division cases can be far less complicated when a skilled Texas property division lawyer is involved.

Our family law attorneys are prepared to represent clients in cases involving issues of spousal abuse, infidelity, the cheating spouse, the innocent spouse, domestic torts including invasions of privacy and sexually transmitted diseases.

If you are facing the prospect of divorce contact the divorce attorneys at Brown & Gast, P.L.L.C. to learn about your rights in divorce.

Child Custody and Child Support
When a family law matter involves children the case may be complex due to the multitude of issues involved, including the right and duties of a parent, visitation, child support, or geographic restrictions on the residency of the child.

It is important that you retain an attorney with the necessary experience to provide you with the proper guidance with these issues.

The child custody lawyers at Brown & Gast, P.L.L.C. are experienced in assisting clients with child custody issues including physical modification or change of custody due to a change in circumstances such as relocation, parental alienation, or an unsafe environment.

Our child support lawyers help clients establish, enforce and modify child support.

Modification of Child Custody and Visitation, Modification of Child Support
Orders regarding children including child support, child custody, and visitation are based the circumstances of the parties at the time of the order. After a case is final, the circumstances may change so that the order currently in place becomes unworkable or inappropriate, and is no longer in the best interest of the children. In such a case, a party can ask the court for a modification of the prior order, including an increase in child support or change in custody. Custody and visitation provisions can be modified if a parent is considering relocation.

The family law attorneys at Brown & Gast, P.L.L.C. represent clients in modification of child support, modification of custody and modification of visitation.

Spousal Maintenance and Alimony

When a divorce involves a financially dependent spouse, that spouse can ask for a temporary support and the other spouse may be held accountable for providing financial support during the divorce. While the divorce is pending temporary support can protect the assets and credit of both spouses

In some circumstances a spouse may qualify for support after the divorce. The court will consider a number of factors in deciding whether to order award spousal maintenance (alimony) after the divorce is final.

The divorce lawyers at Brown & Gast, P.L.L.C. can help clients in requesting and collecting spousal support.

Enforcement
When a party is not abiding by a court order, the other party has the right to enforce the court order, seek compliance of the order, and make the other party obey.

If a parent fails to pay child support, or if a parent is being sued for enforcement of child support, it is important that you know your rights. Enforcement actions are frequently used to obtain child support payments and enforce visitation rights.

Our attorneys defend and bring to court actions for the enforcement of child support, enforcement of visitation, and enforcement of property division.

Domestic Violence and Protective Orders
If you or a member of your family has been threatened or have suffered from family violence, spousal abuse, or child abuse our lawyers can help you obtain a restraining order or protective order through the courts.

Grandparent Rights
Grandparents may assert their rights for visitation or for custody in certain circumstances. In this Suit Affecting the Parent Child Relationship The attorneys at Brown & Gast, P.L..L.C. represent grandparents in obtaining visitation or custody.

Premarital Agreements and Post-marital Agreements
Pre-marital Agreements and Post-marital Agreements allow married persons and those to be married to clearly define the assets, future earnings, liabilities, community property and separate property of each spouse prior to and after the marriage as a way to avoid or resolve future disputes.

Our attorneys can help you carefully draft a Pre-marital agreement or Post-marital agreement.

Paternity
The question of paternity and rights of biological fathers are frequently embedded in family law cases. Once the paternity of a child is established, the parental issues of conservatorship, child custody, visitation, and child support become important issues to resolve.

The attorneys at Brown & Gast, P.L.L.C. can help you establish paternity or disprove paternity.

Change of Name
If you want to change your name, or change the name of your child, the attorneys at Brown & Gast, P.L.L.C. can help you get a legal name change.

Our family law attorneys provide compassionate counsel and strong representation in family law cases involving divorce, child custody, child support, modification, enforcement, spousal maintenance or alimony adoptions, domestic violence, common-law marriage grandparents rights,and paternity. We help clients by drafting premarital agreements, post-marital agreements, prenuptial agreements, getting a legal name change, and assisting in adoption.

If you want to know more about your rights in family law cases contact the family law attorneys at Brown & Gast, P.L.L.C. for an initial consultation.

Available evenings and weekends by appointment. Credit cards accepted.

Brown & Gast, P.L.L.C.

106 East 6th Street
Suite 900
Austin, TX 78701
Telephone: (512) 322-3957

1000 Bering, Suite 529
Houston, Texas 77057 U.S.A.
by appointment only