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RESOURCES

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Attorneys

McClure Duffee & Eitzen LLPAttorneys and Counselors at Law
Providing clients with high quality legal services in the areas of Divorce, Child Custody, other Family Law Matters and Civil Litigation.

Nunneley Family Law - Centrally located in Hurst, Nunneley Family Law handles Divorce, Complex Property Division, Custody Modifications, Pre Marital Agreements.

Diane Wanger, Attorney at Law - Devoted exclusively to the practice of Family Law in the Texas counties of Tarrant and Parker. Mrs. Wanger provides collaborative law services. Learn about collaborative law.

Janet Denton is located in Colleyville, 817-479-0534. Provides collaborative law services. Their mission is to make the legal process as simple and painless as possible while protecting our clients to the fullest degree. Our cases involve divorce, custody, child support, property division, and adults or juveniles in the criminal system.

RAGGIO & RAGGIO, P.L.L.C. serves the DFW area and has a very informative web site related to Family Law and the Dallas County Courts.

Hal Davis is located in Plano, (972) 881-1811. Mr. Davis has an informative website with useful information to print. He offers a free Civilized Divorce Guidebook.

Paula Lock located in Dallas, Texas, providing Litigation and Local Counsel Services in State and Federal Courts, as well as Mediation and Arbitration Services, since 1985 and practicing Collaborative Law since 2002.

Community Resources

Education and Counseling

Parenting Partnerships- Provides the Co-parenting Partnerships Children in the Middle Co-parenting class as well as many other support services for helping families raise children between two homes. Offers an online co-parenting class and parenting classes.
Institute for Families in Transition- Conflict Disengagement Education
Galaxy Counseling Center- Provides high quality, low cost counseling services for children, teens, adults, couples, and families. They also provide psychological evaluations/assessments ADHD, ADD assessments for children, testing and evaluation of children, adolescents and adults AND bilingual/bicultural services such as Counseling provided in Spanish and Vietnamese.
972-272-4429
Child Study Center, provides diagnosis and treatment services to children who have, or are at risk for, developmental disabilities and related behavioral and emotional and dental problems so that these children may achieve their full potential.
Family First, WFAA's frequent news reports, series, in-depth special assignments, and documentaries showing people and programs which are helping families grow stronger.
Divorce As Friends, as seen on Oprah! Stop the Conflict Course with Bill Ferguson. Learn how to end conflict, heal hurt, remove upsets, stop arguing, resolve issues, restore communication, and if necessary, part as friends.
Other Texas coparent education programs outside of the DFW area.

Mediation and Coparenting Support

Parenting Partnerships-Children in the Middle, Coaching, Parenting Coordination, Co-parenting Case Management, Collaborative law
Dispute Mediation Services of Dallas, Mediation, 214-754-0022 Dispute Mediation System of Denton County- Mediation, 888-324-8704
Dispute Resolution Services of Tarrant County, Mediation, 817-877-4554
Family Court Services ,Tarrant County Domestic Relations Office- Access Facilitation, Mediation, and Social Studies, 817-887-1616
Family Court Services , Dallas County Mediation and Social Studies, 214-653-7674
Beth Krugler
Dale O'Neal

Collaborative Law

What is collaborative law?
Support Professionals
Fort Worth Area Collaborative Professionals
North East Collaborative Professionals
Collaborative Lawyers of Tarrant County
Texas Collaborative Lawyers
Dallas Alliance of Collaborative Family Lawyers
Collaborative Law Dallas
Texas Resources
Information

Support Groups

Long Distance Parenting offers tips for the parent who shares custody, travels extensively, or has a career that schedules them away from home.
Rainbows offers training and curricula for establishing peer support groups for children, adolescents, and adults who have experienced loss due to divorce or death.
Kids Metroplex provides a listing of area parenting support groups.

Legal Services

Dallas Bar Association, Attorney and Mediator Referrals, 214-220-7400,LEGALINE - Dallas Bar Association, 2nd and 3rd Wednesday of each month 5-9 p m, 214 969-7066
Legal Services of North Texas, Legal services for low-income families in Dallas county, 214 7481234
Tarrant Bar Association, Attorney and Mediator Referrals, 817-338-4092,
West Texas Legal Services, Legal services for low -income families in Tarrant county, 817-336-9343

Financial Services

ArrearsCalculator.com - accurately and easily calculate child support/alimony arrears online. Determine how much support is owed on any case without hiring an attorney.
Scott D Clarke, CFP - Certified Financial Planner and Certified Divorce Planner in the DFW area.

Domestic Violence and Child Abuse

Dallas Domestic Violence Resources- resource for Dallas and surrounding areas for Domestic Violence information.
Child Protective Services, For reports of abuse or neglect.
Child Guidance Center, Services include Therapy Based Services, Collaborative Programs, Family and Community Education Program, Case management Services, Permanency Planning, Professional Training, Internship Opportunities, and a Volunteer Program
214-351-3490
The Family Place, The Family place hotline, 214.941.1991, offers 24-hour crisis counseling, information and referral for victims of family violence. The mission of The Family Place has been to eliminate family violence through intervention and proactive prevention, extensive community education, advocacy and assistance for victims and their families.
Excap- Child Abuse Prevention through Parent Aide Mentor Program, Families First, Shaken Baby Syndrome Education, Healthy Families.
The Women's Shelter- Services include case management, counseling, specialized children’s programs, transportation, clothing, housing assistance, legal advocacy and links to community resources.
Women's Haven- exists to eliminate domestic violence in Tarrant County by sheltering victims, by assisting victims to overcome and escape abusive relationships,
and by preventing abuse from occurring through intervention and education.
Genesis Women's Shelter- To provide quality safety and shelter to battered women and their children through crisis intervention and short-term crisis therapeutics and to reduce the occurrence of domestic violence in the Greater Dallas Area.
Texas Family Violence Shelters- A list.

Grief and Loss

The Warm Place-The WARM Place is a grief support center for children, ages three to eighteen, and their families, who have experienced the death of someone they love in Tarrant County.
Healing Hearts- provides free, on-going grief support in a group setting to children (ages 3-18) and their families following the death of a loved one in Dallas County.

Supervised Visitation Centers

FLP Faith and Liberty's Place facilitate visitation with the non-custodial parent.
Other Texas Supervision Centers

COURTS

Dallas County
Tarrant County
Denton County
Parker County
Wise County
Johnson County
Rockwall County
Ellis County

Internet Resources

Kids Metroplex
A list of parent resources for Dallas and Fort Worth.

Up to Parents
A very helpful websit supporting coparenting.

Coparent Pro
Software to assist coparenting.

Comamas
Support for the mother and stepmother.

Divorce Net
The Net's Largest Divorce Resource since May 1995! Search for professional services and resources for each state. Visit their interactive bulletin boards on Custody & Visitation, Divorce Mediation, Parenting Issues, Stepfamily Issues.

Legal Help USA
Professional legal aid is now available from a nationwide team of expert lawyers that provide help and assistance with all legal related issues.

Millenium Divorce
Sign up for their free newsletter, read their articles, and review laws for your state.

Center for Divorce Education
Produces a different Children in the Middle program and other divorce materials for parents, and for agencies serving divorcing parents.

Kids Watch
Allows you to specify the time your children can spend on the computer, access the Internet or play games. Time Control helps you block unwanted software from being downloaded, prevents overuse and helps you to balance your child's day.

Child Welfare League of America
CWLA is an association of almost 1,200 public and private nonprofit agencies that assist over 3.5 million abused and neglected children and their families each year with a wide range of services.

Special Needs Family
Offers family friendly fun and special needs resources to enhance the quality and fun of family life with special needs.

Babycenter
Your complete resource for pregnancy and baby. The site is dedicated to helping other expectant and new parents find the in-depth information, a supportive community, and thousands of baby and maternity products they need. This site is a great site for providing information related to behaviors of infants and toddlers, such as separation anxiety that can be expected from raising children in two homes.

BabyZone
The leading online provider of unique personalized content, tools and community features for new and expectant parents. With more than 10,000 pages of proprietary content and dozens of customized tools, the site seamlessly guides the journey from preconception through parenting, including providing local parenting information and resources in more than 70 U.S. markets.

Positive Parenting Online
Dedicated to providing resources and information to make parenting rewarding, effective, and fun.

Shared Parenting Information Group
Promoting responsible shared parenting after separation or divorce.

Families Through International Adoption
FTIA helps families learn about international adoption.

AFCC Texas
The Texas chapter of the Association of Family, Court and Community Professionals.

Divorcemag.com
Providing individuals and families who are going through the transition of separation and divorce with information, support, and guidance. They operate on a world-wide basis, and are committed to promoting a positive, healthy attitude towards divorce.

Good Articles

Newsweek Article
Written by a Child Who's Parent's Lived a Large Distance Apart

Paternity Testing

www.betagenetics.com
www.homepaternity.com

Other Links:

Children's Rights Council- The Children's Rights Council (CRC) is a national non-profit organization based in Washington, DC that works to assure children meaningful and continuing contact with both their parents and extended family regardless of the parents' marital status.