28 family law attorneys serve Houston, with cases heard in the Harris County family district courts.
Texas frames custody as conservatorship, with a statutory presumption favouring joint managing conservatorship, and calculates child support from guideline percentages applied to net resources. It is also a community property state, so characterising assets as community or separate drives the property side of every substantial case.
Houston's family bar sees a high volume of cases involving closely held businesses, oil and gas interests and international elements — assets that need valuation and, sometimes, foreign counsel. Ask how the firm handles valuation and whether it works with forensic accountants.
Lawyers listed in Houston also cover Personal Injury (42), Criminal Law (20) and Products Liability (19). The same practice elsewhere in Texas: San Antonio (42), Dallas (37) and Plano (12). Across Texas the directory lists 208 attorneys in this practice; Houston is 3rd by their number among 17 cities.