Family Law

Family Law

Family Law Attorney – Plano, Texas

At Allison & Johnson, LLP, our full service family law practice includes a broad range of legal services for our clients, including:

• Divorce – including all aspects of complex property distribution, complex custody disputes, support or alimony issues, and visitation issues
  
  
• Collaborative Law –--including representing clients in the collaborative law process (an alternative dispute resolution method that utilizes innovative problem solving strategies focused on the interests of the clients, as opposed to traditional adversarial litigation. Clients committing to the collaborative law process commit to fashioning their own settlement agreement without resorting to the court system). Jody Johnson is a trained collaborative family law attorney and a member of the Dallas Alliance of Collaborative Family Lawyers.
  
  
• Child Custody and Visitation – including assisting clients in the development of comprehensive parenting plans, allocation of parental rights, and issues related to moving children.
  
  
• Child Support – including the establishment, modification, and enforcement and collection of support.
  
  
• Division of Marital Property – including determining the characterization of property (community property vs. separate property), complex valuation issues (such as businesses or professions), issues surrounding retirement benefits and pension plans, the equitable distribution of all community property, and the retention of your separate property.
  
  
• Post-Divorce Modifications – including any changes in orders regarding child custody, visitation, or support issues, as well as parental rights and obligations due to any significant change of circumstances.
  
  
• Enforcement of Divorce Decrees – including all family law court orders, such as transfer of assets, division of retirement benefits, health insurance coverage issues, and visitation rights.
  
  
• Paternity – including utilizing DNA technology to prove or disprove paternity claims and assist in child custody, visitation, and child support, if paternity is established.
  
  
• Family Violence– including representing clients in need of protection, obtaining Protective Orders, and defending clients against false claims of violence, abuse or neglect.
  
  
• Domestic Partnership – although Texas law does not currently recognize legal union between same sex partners the parties may, by agreement, enter into contracts related to the establishment of their relationships, as well as the dissolution of their relationship. The collaborative law process is tailor-made for these situations.
  
  
• International Custody Disputes and Child Abduction (Hague Convention) – including aggressively pursuing the safe return of your child or defending your attempts to protect your child by opposing return to the child’s home country. For examples of cases in which the attorneys have successfully obtained orders to return a child to the home country please read
  
  • Hemard v. Hemard
  • McAlpine v. McAlpine
    
    
• Mediation – including representing clients in the mediation process (an alternative dispute resolution method utilizing a neutral third party to assist the parties in obtaining a resolution – in most cases the parties have their attorneys present to advise and assist in negotiations). Jody Johnson is also an experienced family law mediator who provides mediation services for clients and attorneys outside our firm.

At Allison & Johnson we are available to assist you with your family law issues. Feel free to call us or schedule a confidential consultation. For more information on family law, visit our family law center.

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