2021 TEXAS FAMILY LAW 7-DAY CLE CRUISE!

In 14 months, we will have the Texas Family Law 7-Day CLE Cruise on Royal Caribbean! It will include 11 hours of FREE continuing legal education with 2 hours of Ethics as we cruise Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Jamaica. Registration is now open!

If you register in the next 30 days, Royal Caribbean will give you the maximum discount ("Exclusive Premium") for you and everyone you bring. Since it is a CLE event, you can deduct the cruise as a biz expense as your hotel cost. The $500 deposit is FULLY REFUNDABLE before July 4, 2021. Limit of 200 people in the CLE event. Register now!

Two parents contacted me recently to mediate a SAPRC modification to make mom SMC because their 15 year old daughter became a quadriplegic in an accident. They also wanted help "papering the deal" afterwards. I called KoonFuller Managing Shareholder Rick Robertson. Without hesitation, Rick agreed (as a one time favor) to have their Fort Worth team handle mom's case for free! Please consider KoonFuller across Texas for future paying referrals if you have a conflict.

Lawyers and paralegals will love the new Mediation add-on for Google Chrome! It gives you instant access to a Print button, Share Page button, the Texas Family Code, a notepad, over 190 different legals and other calculators, the ability to instantly see our mediation availability and schedule online and over 1,400 constantly updated Texas family law, CPS and mediation related bookmarks (weblinks). IMPORTANT: Click here for installation instructions.

At my suggestion, Harris County District Clerk Marilyn Burgess has moved the Child Support Payment Kiosk from its useless location in the Juvenile Justice Center Lobby to the Harris County Family Law Center (Child Support Courts) Building's basement. Thank you, Marilyn! Here is also a list of the updated staff in these IV-D Courts.

Meet our intern Heather Davis. She graduated with top honors from UH with a BA + Masters in Accounting, an MBA, a UH Law JD and is finishing her LLM! Did I mention that she went blind in her 30s and was the FIRST person in Texas to take and pass the Texas CPA exam BLIND?!? She graduates in December and will focus on family law in Harris County. Connect with Heather on LinkedIn.

Lawyers and Paralegals will love the new Mediation mobile app for Android and Apple devices. It includes instant access to the Texas Family Code, a notepad, CLE events, weblinks to online resources, Texas Bar contacts.

Also, the ability to instantly see mediation availability and schedule, pay, statewide family law groups on Facebook and more. Plus, one-touch dialing of Harris County family courts and Tom's favorite H-Town restaurants if you are in Houston! Download either Android app or Apple app and also see our Install Instructions.

We offer Statewide online and Houston onsite mediation at $250 per side with a 90% success rate on final orders. Onsite mediations are available in Houston ... but why?

Children 4 Tomorrow’s supervised visitation program is now open in Harris County. C4T will request clients to provide court orders, complete an intake form, schedule orientation (onsite or online) and set up visitation times which are flexible; weekends, weekdays, holidays and evenings. They also offers “parental alienation” court services, parenting classes, and children’s individual and/or group counseling sessions.  Click here.

The State Bar of Texas has approved our 3 free CLE events for 2021. These 3 events feature top statewide speakers, are fun ... and did we mention FREE!?! All three events co-moderated by family law attorney Michael Clay (JD, CPA).

SuperLawyers.com has opened up their Top Lawyers Lists time to vote. Your can nominate any attorneys you find to be at the top of their profession in terms of knowledge, professional conduct, being helpful to their colleagues and innovative in their areas of practice ... including mediation.