Resources
Texas Expanded Standard Possession Order Calendars
Co-Parenting Resources
Clear communication, boundaries, and expectations are key here.
Communication Applications
OurFamilyWizard
Requires a subscription, but great functionality.AppClose
Free and functional, but a little more limited in its uses.
Child Support
Paying and Receiving Child Support
via the Office of the Attorney General
Marriage Resources
If you are here, you are considering divorce. We are always willing to answer questions about the legal process, your rights, and other “what if” questions. But if you are not yet ready to call us, please take the time to review the following:
The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work by John Gottman
Because some marriages can be saved.Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men by Lundy Bancroft
Because some marriages need to end sooner rather than later.If you are in a dangerous relationship, you can get out (this goes for men too). Visit www.thehotline.org or call 800-799-7233. The first step is the hardest.
Tarrant County Organizations Helping Trauma Survivors
General Parenting Resources
Family law litigation is hard. Parenting an independent, yet smaller, human during family law litigation is harder. Maintaining the status quo to avoid court may be even harder still. Choose your hard. Regardless of your path, the resources below will help no matter what.
Programs are evolving all the time, but currently include counseling (marriage, family, child, you name it they probably have it), coaching, co-parenting classes, marriage strengthening classes, date night ideas, and more.
This nonprofit is Fort Worth born and raised and is trusted by family law professionals across the Metroplex.
How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and How to Listen so Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
(or anything by those authors—really, anything!)
Susan has read this book cover to cover at least 6 times, along with Siblings Without Rivalry and a few others. The strategies in this book are not complicated. But they are astounding in their simplicity.
Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman
Fun Fact! John Gottman and Faber/Mazlish both followed the research and teachings of clinical psychologist Haim Ginott. If you read both the How to Talk book and this one, you will see significant overlap!