A high-disagreement divorce often takes its fee on the exciting happiness of the children concerned. The Texas government is proactively functioning to reduce the exciting harm to these kids from the fight of their parents’ divorce. The government recently passed a new Texas law requiring divorcing parents to set up and follow a parenting policy. The Tholstrup Law Firm, L.P., practices family law in the Houston region and concentrates in divorce law; the firm is well versed in representing parents who are setting up the new parenting policies.

The Texas Family Code explains a parenting plan as “a temporary or ultimate court order that sets out the privileges and responsibilities of parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, and an argument resolution procedure to reduce potential disputes.” In practice, a parenting plan excludes any “trying to win” approach and swaps it with an optimistic, truthful effort at open communication among parents for the wellbeing of the kids.

A court-selected parenting manager, trained in parent management and family violence, assists the divorcing parents in setting guidelines for any possible parental troubles. 4 basic conditions must be incorporated in the parenting plan.

1. The plan clearly states every parent’s rights and duties.
2. Parents then begin a mode to reduce the children’s exposure to damaging parental conflict.
3. The parenting plan must think the children’s potential needs in a way that minimizes the need for changing the parenting plan.
4. Lastly, the parenting plan is to give a means for the parents to handle any potential disputes they may have without going back to court.

The majority of parenting plans address information including financial responsibility, which parent makes the instructive and medical decisions for the child, and what happens if one parent decides to move in the future.

Richard Tholstrup graduated from the University of Houston Law School in 1995 after accomplishing his bachelor of science in chemical engineering at the University of Kansas in 1975. His bar admissions comprise the State Bar of Texas, Federal Southern District of Texas, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals. Mr. Tholstrup established The Tholstrup Law Firm, L.P., in 2003.

Christine R. Thrash, an associate of the firm, obtained a B.A. in psychology at Texas A&M in 1998 and graduated from South Texas College of Law in Houston in 2001. Her bar admissions include the State Bar of Texas and the Federal Southern District of Texas.