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  • Know your Visitation Rights for the Austin, Texas School Year

    Time for School to Begin in Austin, Texas:  Make Sure You Know Your Possession Rights As school is beginning in the fall each year in Austin, Texas, I get a lot of phone calls asking about how visitation rights change when the kids do go back to school. The first answer is to always check…

  • Family Friendly Kids Eat Free Austin Area Restaurants

    Kids Eat Free – Austin Area Restaurants* 1. Austin Java – Monday thru Friday after 4 p.m., with adult purchase 2. Central Market Café on North Lamar – Tuesdays, 5 to 9 p.m. 3. Texadelphia – Monday thru Wednesday after 3 p.m., with adult purchase 4. Kerbey Lane – Tuesdays 5. Luby’s – Wednesday after…

  • Fun in the Sun: 10 Things to Do with Your Kids This Summer in Austin, Texas

    1. Children’s Day Art Park – On Wednesday mornings 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. bring your children to Symphony Square at 1101 Red River Street for the Austin Symphony’s Children’s Day Art Park. Children can visit the “instrument petting zoo”, meet Austin Symphony musicians, create their own art projects and cool off for 10 cent…

  • It’s Summer Time! How Does Our Standard Visitation Schedule Work? Part 2

    Summer is upon us. The kids are getting out of school, people are starting vacations and summer visitation is about to begin.  In this post we will discuss what the summer changes are in a standard visitation schedule when the parties live beyond 100 miles from each other. So how does visitation under a standard…

  • It’s Summer Time! How Does Our Child Visitation Schedule Work? Part 1

    Summer is upon us. The kids are getting out of school, people are starting vacations and summer visitation is about to begin. So how does the summer child visitation schedule under a standard possession order (SPO) change during the summer for parents who live within 100 miles of each other? In a Texas standard possession…