
ACCESS AND VISITATION HOTLINE
“Legal Aid
of Northwest Texas”, as a grantee of the “Office
of the Attorney General”, operates a toll free telephone
hotline which provides easy access for non-custodial parents
across Texas to basic legal information, education and resources
on the following issues:
1.
Access, visitation and custody;
2.
Paternity establishment;
3.
The child support order process;
4.
Modifications and enforcements.
To speak with an attorney on this hotline,
please call (866) 292-4636 weekdays from 1 p.m. to 7
p.m.. Calls will be answered in English and in Spanish by
licensed attorneys who provide information to non-custodial
parents about their rights, gaining access and visitation with
their children, establishing paternity, and understanding child
support orders, modifications, and mediation. Callers also
receive access to downloadable forms and sample documents in
English and in Spanish, including basic pro se filings in child
support and custody matters, demand letters, affidavits and
motions.
Additionally, callers will be referred to appropriate state and
local organizations that can provide further services, such as
counseling, mediation, access and visitation facilitation and
legal representation. For a listing of such services, please
consult our “Access
and Visitation Directory”.
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