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Child Protective Services (CPS)

	SAPCR (Separate Website) Legal forms for a Suit Affecting the Parent Child Relationship in Texas. By: Partnership for Legal Access


	Texas Family Law Definitions of Abuse and Neglect (Separate Website) By: Texas Legislative Council


	What happens to my child? (Separate Website) Frequently Asked Questions About Child Protective Services (by Parents receiving services from Domestic Violence Providers) By: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Read this in: Spanish / Español


	2008 Kincare Primer This primer has the purpose of providing to families headed by a relative ? but who are not involved with CPS ? information about their rights and responsibilities. By: Texas Legal Services Center


	Designation of Guardian in Advance of Need Competent surviving parents of minor or disabled children may designate a guardian in the event of the parent's death or disability. A competent adult may designate a guardian in the event of later disability. By: Legal Hotline for Texans


	Free Forms: Child's Name Change and Instructions (English & Spanish) Free Forms: The Child's Name Change packet includes forms and an explanation of who may request a name change of a child and how it is done. (New Adobe Interactive Form. You can now fill out the form online and print it.) Instrucciones para el cambio de nombre acordado de un menor By: Travis County Law Library Read this in: Spanish / Español


	Legal Notice Read more about how to give notice to a party, how to serve the document, how to service by publication and how to give your spouse legal notice. By: Partnership for Legal Access


	Parenting Order Legal Clinics Are you and your child?s parent living apart and raising your child separately? Do you need to be better understand your legal rights and what you must do under the law? Come to a free legal information clinic and ask an attorney. By: Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation


	Serving the Document and the Certificate of Service If the other party in your case has filed an answer or appeared in court, and you need to file more documents in your case, you will need to give the other party a copy of the documents, or serve the documents. Read this to learn how to serve the document. By: Partnership for Legal Access


	TANF for Grandparents TANF stands for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. It is a federal program to provide money and help to needy families with dependent children. By: Legal Hotline for Texans


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Child Support

	Modification Kit Here you will find all of the documents needed to modify your divorce decree. By: Partnership for Legal Access


	Answers to questions about Child Support in Texas What is child support, how much is child support, how to establish child support payments, withholding orders and more answers to questions about child support. By: Texas Access to Justice Forms Work Group


	Handbook on Child Support Enforcement (Separate Website) This resource provides helpful information about how to apply for child support enforcement services, how to find a noncustodial parent, how to establish paternity and child support orders, and how to enforce those orders across state lines. By: Office of Child Support Enforcement


	Affidavit of Inability to Pay Costs Free form: The Affidavit of Inability to Pay Costs is a sworn statement, telling the court that you cannot pay the court's filing fees. By: Travis County Law Library Read this in: Spanish / Español


	Ask an Attorney Video About Child Support Issues (Separate Website) View "Ask an Attorney Video's" By: Partnership for Legal Access


	Changing Child Support All court orders involving children are subject to modification for changed circumstances. By: Legal Aid of Northwest Texas (Dallas Office)


	Child Support Video (Separate Website) Are you paying child support, or do you think you are entitled to receive it? How much should a person pay for child support? Can you ask the court to raise, or lower, the amount? By: Texas Young Lawyers Association


	Child Support Calculator Use this fillable Adobe form to see an estimate for child support payments in Texas. This is only an estimate courts consider other factors to detemine child support payments. By: Partnership for Legal Access


	Paternity Establishment FAQs Frequently Asked Questions By: Legal Aid of Northwest Texas (Dallas Office)


	Child Support through the Texas Attorney General's Office (Separate Website) Link to OAG Child Support site.


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