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Chris Jones, Senior Associate Attorney
Chris Jones, Senior Associate Attorney
Mackenzie Willis, Associate Attorney
Mackenzie Willis, Associate Attorney
Yianna Lazanas, Associate Attorney
Yianna Lazanas, Associate Attorney
Sherry Rhoades Beal, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, Beal Law Firm, PLLC
Sherry Rhoades Beal, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, Beal Law Firm, PLLC
Robert Hight, Senior Associate Attorney, Beal Law Firm, PLLC
Robert Hight, Senior Associate Attorney, Beal Law Firm, PLLC
Beal Law Firm Chosen among the Best Law Firms by Best Lawyers and U.S. News & World Report, 2023
Beal Law Firm Chosen among the Best Law Firms by Best Lawyers and U.S. News & World Report, 2023
2920 W Southlake Blvd Ste 140
Southlake, TX 76092
+1 (817) 261-4333
http://www.dfwdivorce.com
Beal Law Firm, PLLC is a Divorce, Custody, and Family Law firm with a Team of attorneys and one focus. Senior Attorney Eric Beal is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. has over 34 years of legal experience, is AV Preeminent Rated by Martindale Hubbell and is a former U.S. Marine Corps Legal Officer.
Texas is a big State in a number of ways. One way in which it's big is the number of homeschoolers. When you add Private School students to that you get a large percentage of students in Texas that are not "traditional" public school attendees. According to the Texas Homeschool Coalition, "Texas leads the nation in the number of families who home school." The group's website states that "more than 400,000 families in the state have chosen this method of education and that more than 750,000 students are being taught at home." See https://thsc.org/texas-homeschooling/ Given that Texas has approximately 5,359,000 students, that means that approximately 14% of the students in the State are homeschoolers. See https://schools.texastribune.org/states/tx/ Private Schools in Texas also cater to a large number of students. The Texas Private Schools Association states that over 250,000 students in Texas attend Private School. That makes Private Schoolers just under 5% of the total student population. See https://texasprivateschools.org/about/ Given that these numbers appear to be on the rise, that means that possibly one out of five divorce or custody clients need to consider how the Right to Make Educational Decisions may impact their case. https://thsc.org/withdrawals-homeschool-up-40-percent/ Background If you go back about thirty years ago and prior to that, Conservatorship issues were simpler - not better, just simpler. The issue was who was going to be named the Managing Conservator of the children. That was the "winner" of the custody issue in any divorce or custody case. The "loser" was the Possessory Conservator. Although the names were somewhat confusing, since it sounds like the Possessory Conservator was the one that had possession of the children, that was not the way it was. The Possessory Conservator was the one that only had the Right to the children according to a Possession Schedule. Back in the olden days - think pre-mid-1990's - the Managing Conservator had the Right to possession of the children at all times other than those specifically designated for the other parent. That other parent was named as the Possessory Conservator. See 1995 Tex. ALS 20, 1995 Tex. Gen. Laws 20, 1995 Tex. Ch 20, 1995 Tex. HB 655, 1995 Tex. ALS 20, 1995 Tex. Gen. Laws 20, 1995 Tex. Ch 20, 1995 Tex. HB 655 And the time awarded to the Possessory Conservator was generally very little. The Standard was 1st, 3rd, and 5th Fridays at 6:00 p.m. until the following Sunday at 6:00 p.m. and Wednesday evenings from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. In addition to that, there was some holiday time and additional times in the Summer. But, given that there are very few 5th Fridays in the year, this schedule worked out to very little time with the "other" parent. Back in those days, there was no such thing as Primary Possession or the Primary Parent or being designated Primary. Those concepts hadn't been invented yet because they weren't needed. Under a Managing Conservator - Possessory Conservator system, there was no question who was "Primary." It was clearly the Managing Conservator. A custody case came down to that one decision - Who was going to be the Managing Conservator? Once that was decided, everything else fell into place. The three most important Rights went with the Managing Conservator. Those were the rights to make Medical Decisions, Psychological/Psychiatric Decisions, and Educational Decisions. See 1995 Tex. ALS 20, 1995 Tex. Gen. Laws 20, 1995 Tex. Ch 20, 1995 Tex. HB 655, 1995 Tex. ALS 20, 1995 Tex. Gen. Laws 20, 1995 Tex. Ch 20, 1995 Tex. HB 655 The Managing Conservator had the Right to choose the school that the children would go to, choose the classes that the children would take, and choose everything meaningful about the kids' education, at least up through the end of high school. But, even back then, if the Managing Conservator decided that the children should go to Private School, the question...

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Alexa S.
2/20/2015

An answered prayer! That's what I want to say about this firm. From the moment I walked in I was always greeted warmly and treated with the utmost respect. I have been a client for over 2 years...

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Misty B.
9/2/2021

Kelly & Brian were amazing attorneys. I came to them when I really needed help with child custody issues, and they were committed to reaching the best possible outcome. I am writing this to...

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Brian U.
3/28/2023

Absolutely horrific experience with Scott Rewak and the firm. The communication was terrible, they agreed to delaying filings without consulting me, they completed paperwork incorrectly based on...

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Trudy H.
2/22/2021

my lawyer andrew mccalister never calls me back but he is charging me 300.00 an hour to talk to my husbands lawyer for 15 minutes! can you believevthst?? rip off firm big time!

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Frank H.
5/14/2015

Great law firm. Need to go to these guys for some legal issues. T hey were nice enough to lead me in the rght direct. Thanks.

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