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Grandparent Rights in Texas

Attorney for Grandparent Rights in Texas

As a grandparent, your grandchildren are very important to you. If you feel as though they are not living in a safe and secure environment, you may like to step in to make sure they are being taken care of. As skilled lawyers for grandparent rights in Texas, we help grandparents with various issues involving child custody.

Since 1987, GoransonBain has helped grandparents with legal issues involving their grandchildren. At our law firm, we can protect your rights as a grandmother or grandfather. Contact a Dallas child custody and visitation attorney at our law firm to schedule your consultation.

Protecting Grandparents’ Rights in Texas

Grandparents' legal rights are rather limited if the grandchildren are not in danger. However, if it can be proven that the custodial parent is unfit, the grandparent can take legal action. As skilled family law attorneys, we can talk to you about your options if your grandchild's custodial parent is exhibiting problems such as:

  • Drug use
  • Alcohol abuse
  • Child abuse
  • Child sexual abuse
  • Incarceration
  • Child endangerment

In these situations, grandparents may be able to seek and obtain child custody rights. The child custody could eventually turn into an adoption case, where the grandparent adopts the grandchild. We also handle child visitation cases. These can arise when a grandparent is not being allowed to see his or her grandchild.

Contact a Dallas Child Custody Lawyer

We are seasoned family law attorneys focused on securing favorable results for grandparents. Put our law firm to work for you. Contact us today to schedule a convenient consultation.

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  • Tom Greenwald spoke at the Collaborative Law Alliance of Collin County Team Thursday meeting on the topic of collaborative law and premarital, postmarital, and cohabitation agreements.
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  • Beth Maultsby spoke at the 36th Annual Advanced Family Law Course on the topic of The Mentally Incompetent Party.
  • Angie Bain has received the prestigious honor of being selected for inclusion in Texas Monthly as one of the Top 10 Texas Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2010.
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  • Paula Larsen has been reappointed to the State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charge (Family) Committee.
  • Beth Maultsby spoke at the State Bar of Texas Marriage Dissolution Course in Fort Worth on the topic of "Preparing Your Client for Social Studies and Psychological Evaluations."
  • Kathryn Murphy spoke at the State Bar of Texas Marriage Dissolution Course in Fort Worth on the topic of "Characterization of Marital Property."
  • Kathryn Murphy spoke to the Collin County Bar Association and the Collin County Bar Association Estate Planning Section on the topic of "Premarital and Postmarital Agreements."
  • Kathryn Murphy spoke at the University of Texas School of Law Parent-Child Relationships course in Austin on the topic of "Civil and Ethical Implications of Electronic Evidence."
  • Tom Greenwald spoke at the University of Texas Family Law on the Front Lines course in San Antonio on the topic of "Models of Effective Presentations."
  • Beth Maultsby participated in a panel discussion at the University of Texas Family Law on the Front Lines course in San Antonio on the topic of cases involving substance abuse.
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  • Kathryn Murphy spoke at the University of Texas Family Law on the Front Lines course in San Antonio on the topic of "Electronic Evidence."
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  • Tom Greenwald, Tom Goranson, Angie Bain and Kathryn Murphy were selected for inclusion in the list of "Best Lawyers in Dallas" by D Magazine in 2009.
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  • All of the Goranson Bain partners, Thomas Goranson, Angie Bain, Paula Larsen, Thomas Greenwald, Beth Maultsby, and Kathryn Murphy, were selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers in the October 2009 edition of Texas Monthly magazine by Thomson Reuters. Only 5 percent of the total lawyers in Texas are recognized as Super Lawyers.
  • Angie Bain was honored by being selected for inclusion in the list of Top 10 Texas Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) of 2009. She was also recognized by being selected for inclusion in the list of the top 50 women attorneys in the State of Texas, one of the top 100 lawyers in the Dallas/Fort Worth region and one of the top 100 lawyers in Texas.
  • Paula Larsen was selected by Thomson Reuters in 2009 for inclusion in the list of top 50 women attorneys in the State of Texas, one of the top 100 lawyers in the Dallas/Fort Worth region, and Texas Super Lawyers.
  • Tom Greenwald was selected by Thomson Reuters in 2009 for inclusion in the list of top 100 lawyers in the Dallas/Fort Worth region, and Texas Super Lawyers.
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  • Kathryn Murphy was selected by Thomson Reuters for inclusion in the list of "Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers" (2004-2009), the "Top 50 Women Texas Super Lawyers" (2003-2010), and the "Top 100 Dallas/Ft. Worth Super Lawyers" (2003-2006; 2008-2009).
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Main Office

Goranson, Bain, Larsen, Greenwald, Maultsby & Murphy, PLLC
8150 North Central Expressway,
Suite 1850
Dallas TX 75206
Phone: (214) 373-7676
Dallas Law Office

Plano Office

Goranson, Bain, Larsen, Greenwald, Maultsby & Murphy, PLLC
6900 N. Dallas Parkway, Suite 400
Plano TX 75024
Phone: (214) 473-9696
Plano Law Office