Resources for Families
Texas Educational Resources
- Texas Law Help: provides information, resources, and legal help regarding a range of issues, including divorce and child custody.
- Texas State Law Library: offers general information and resources regarding divorce both with and without children.
- com: offers a cooperative parenting course for divorcing couples.
- Avvo: provides lawyer referrals and access to a database of legal information including previously answered questions
- Attorney General of Texas: Site offers
Co-Parenting Apps
Free Apps
- Main Features:
- Cost: Free with ads.
- Main Features:
- Calendar: allows you to use multi-functional calendars that keep co-parents, step-parents, family, and third-parties connected.
- Messenger: allows you to group chat, communicate with your attorney confidentially, and export communications if necessary. Chats between co-parents cannot be altered or deleted.
- Requests: allows you to submit requests to the other parent or a third party regarding changing drop off times, reimbursement for medical expenses, etc.
- Expenses: offers a secure, built-in payment system that allows you to receive and send payments for anything from activities to medical expenses.
- Cost: Free with ads.
Paid Apps
- Main Features:
- Calendar: allows you to track parenting schedule, share appointment details, and request changes to parenting time.
- Message board: messages can never be edited, deleted, or retracted.
- Journal: allows you to record observations and memories to share with co-parent.
- Expense log: allows you to track shared parenting expenses.
- Info bank: allows you to store medical histories, insurance information, emergency contacts, school schedules, files, photos, etc.
- Cost: Starting at $99/year.
- Main Features
- Accountable calling: allows you to use recorded phone calls with transcripts.
- Messaging: allows you to securely send messages that can’t be altered.
- Vault File Storage: offers a private, secure storage space for pictures, videos, and files.
- Calendar: allows you to coordinate events with your co-parent.
- Cost: Starting at $5.99/month
- Main Features:
- Live mediators: live, on-demand mediators can help solve disputes, and draft agreements
- Messaging: messages are non-editable, time and date-stamped, and transcripts can be shared.
- Schedule coordination: allows you to make scheduling requests through the app.
- Cost: $12.99/month or $119/year
Resources for Attorneys
Texas Educational Resources
- Texas State Law Library: offers practitioner-focused resources that give guidance on divorce and child custody matters.
- Texas Bar CLE: registered users can access special features, including the Texas Family Law Practice Manual as well as articles and presentation materials from CLE events.
- FindLaw’s Texas Family Laws: provides links to state resources and regularly updated information about topics including marriage, divorce, adoption, child support, and child custody.
Additional Resources
- Texas Family Code
- Monthly Child Support Calculator: an online calculator which provides a child support estimate based on a single source of income (the actual amount set or approved by a court may differ).
- re:SearchTX: tool which allows you to access pleadings and more from all Texas counties.