News and Insights
Travis County Family Courts Facility Opens
In March 2023 the civil and family courts moved from the 1930 courthouse at 1000 Guadalupe to the new Travis County Civil and Family Courts Facility at 1700 Guadalupe. In-person hearings have …
Tips for Video Court Hearings
For better or worse, video conferencing technologies remain necessary in many instances to have your day in court even after the pandemic. Here are some suggestions for best practices for better …
Court Continues Online
October 20, 2020
Court hearings continue online. Travis County family court judges are uniformly using Zoom for court appearances and their official court reporters are using Box to upload …
Travis County Courthouse Closure Extended to May 11th
On March 27, 2020 the civil district and civil county court at law judges ordered that all non-emergency hearings are postponed until at least May 11. The prior announcement postponed only …
Texas Supreme Court Orders Custody Schedules Unaffected by Shelter-in-Place Orders
On March 24, 2020 the Supreme Court of Texas issued its seventh order regarding the COVID-19 disaster and this order affects family law orders. State and local officials have closed schools and …
Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Child Schedule During Pandemic
On March 17, 2020 the Texas Supreme Court, responding to a need to clarify an apparent ambiguity in the Standard Possession Order, issued a new order clarifying that pandemic-related school closures …
COVID-19 Courthouse Partial Shutdown
On March 14, 2020 the Travis County local administrative and civil presiding judges issued an emergency order to go into effect March 16, 2020 affecting access to Travis County civil district courts …
Dec. 2019 New Travis County Standing Order
On December 13, 2019 the Travis County Civil District Judges made a new Standing Order for Family Law cases that goes into effect and is to be served with all new divorce suits and suits affecting the …
Sept. 2019 Changes to Child Support Calculations
The Attorney General announced that effective September 1st 2019 the “cap” on an obligor’s monthly net resources for purposes of calculating child support pursuant to the guidelines has increased to keep pace with inflation from $8,550 to $9,200.