WHO I AM: Rita M. Boyd has been practicing since 1992. 99.9% of her practice is Family Law and I'm quite good at what I do. If you are searching for an attorney, you will quickly notice that you usually cannot actually speak to the attorney you are calling. You'll get voice mail or some receptionist who might get your number right. If you need immediate attention, Call me, I can help you. You will find that I have adopted a non-adversarial approach to handling divorce. The focus is on on maintaining long-term family relationships and always being able to keep your children's best interests at heart. I am able to help couples settle their disputes privately, and I also attempt to not involving a judge who could impose decisions on you that do not meet the children's needs. My approach usually results in unique settlements that really do address the interests and concerns of all parties..
TYPE OF LAW PRACTICED: I provide legal services in the areas of Family Law, Bankruptcy Law, and Mediation. Typically, people just think of Family Law as divorces and custody fights. Family Law comprises many different areas you may not have thought of such as, adoption, paternity, grandparents visitation, protective orders, child support modification, and discontinuing wage withholding. There is much more. Bankruptcy law also involves many different areas like pursuing Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violations, petitions, schedules, stays, creditors meetings and claims. Call me to see if I can help. If I cannot help, I can certainly refer you to another attorney who can. I have contacts all over the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex and surrounding areas.
TENSION AND STRESS: You need an attorney to take the load off your back. I can handle the communication between the parties relieving you of the burden and day to day conflict. Remember, it's your life being torn apart as well. Life goes on, you have responsibilities you must continue and the burden of constant bickering, harassment, and surveillance is more than most choose to handle. Think about the effect on your job and your children. I can help.
TRACK RECORD: I have a winning track record. I handle 250 to 300 cases per year and our clients are satisfied with the outcome 95% of the time. Most of my new clients are referrals from previous clients. I wish I could win 100% of the time but sometimes there are factors that interfere with the case. For example: which Judge is hearing the case, which lawyer is opposing counsel, the funds available to prosecute the case, the quality of expert you can afford to hire, and whether the opposing lawyer is a worthy opponent or a lying, cheating snake in the grass you have to watch constantly. The results depend on the facts of the case. For more information, please feel free to contact me . Our office is located in Dallas, Texas.
FAMILY LAW: Family Law covers many legal issues. Basics are back child support cases, Office of the Attorney General and DNA testing cases.
Everything from when a child is born and whose name appears on the birth certificate to how a person can change their name after a divorce. I feel privileged to be within a group of "one stop shop" lawyers who can do almost anything for you if it involves children, parents, marriage, Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents, other relatives and non-blood relations who have a close relationship with a child. Depending on your contact with a child, you may be able to ask the Court to award you visitation with a child, custody, or adoption of the child. Conversely, the Court can terminate parental rights under the right circumstances.
Likewise, family law encompasses virtually anything having to do with money and the family. Everything from who gets to manage the child's college fund to who has to support a disabled spouse upon divorce. The Family Law Court can and will divide everything from pots and pans to hidden bank accounts. Four wheelers to billion dollar corporations. Once, the Court was called upon to divide a Church among divorcing spouses. You must be creative.
The most common family law cases are (in no particular order): Divorce, Paternity, Adoption, Modification of Prior Orders, Enforcement of Prior Orders - Child Support, Property, Alimony, Protective Orders in cases of abuse or neglect, CPS cases, mediation, arbitration, collaborative law cases. Less common are: Registration of Foreign Decrees, Writs of Habeas Corpus/Attachment, Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (division of retirements), Motions to Lift Levies or Garnishment of Bank Accounts (Office of the Attorney General cases), Motion to Discontinue Wage Withholding, Collection of Judgments. Collection of Child Support upon the Death of the Payor.
