Lackey Law Firm, P.C.

Lackey Law Firm, P.C. Family Law advocacy that puts you first. Offices in Austin, New Braunfels, Fredericksburg & Corpus Christi, TX.

With multiple locations in Texas to serve you, we provide legal representation to our clients with a personal touch. Whether you are facing criminal charges or in the midst of a family law dispute, we can help take the burden off your shoulders and provide the answers you need. This is merely a sample of the types of cases we handle:

Speeding Tickets - Driving While Intoxicated - Public Intoxica

tion - Occupational License - Expunctions - Probation Revocations - Theft - Assault - Credit Card Abuse - Driving While License Invalid - Administrative License Revocations - Possession of Ma*****na - Possession of Controlled Substance - Possession of a Dangerous Drug - Possession of Drug Paraphernalia - Minor in Possession - Minor in Consumption - Failure to Appear - Disorderly Conduct - Non-disclosures - Agreed Divorce - Contested Divorce - Child Custody - Child Support - Child Visitation - Juvenile Cases - Work Visas - Family Visas - Residency - Citizenship - Workforce Compliance

Your decree was written when he was six and played rec soccer on Saturday mornings. He's thirteen now, and the season in...
08/26/2026

Your decree was written when he was six and played rec soccer on Saturday mornings. He's thirteen now, and the season involves airfare.

Texas starts from the standard possession schedule, but a judge can order a different one after finding the default isn't in the child's best interest and doesn't work. School calendars and activity commitments are part of what gets weighed.

The money terms age the same way. If private school enters the picture, a court can order one parent to cover tuition on top of child support when it serves the child's best interest and that parent can pay. Enforceable later means the order names an amount, a due date, and a deadline for proof. Consent thresholds for optional activities are negotiated numbers, and the one that fit rec-league fees rarely survives a travel team.

If your order still describes a childhood your kid outgrew, call me at 888-705-0307.

Kids grow out of orders.

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08/18/2026

We’re proud to share that Lackey Law Firm, P.C. ranked #43 in the — the Top 100 Fastest Growing Longhorn Owned/Led Companies.

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In litigation, splitting a 401(k) often means two accountants running two sets of numbers and totals that don’t quite ma...
08/08/2026

In litigation, splitting a 401(k) often means two accountants running two sets of numbers and totals that don’t quite match.

In a Texas collaborative case, one neutral financial professional typically works with both spouses and their attorneys instead of competing experts. They prepare a single analysis of the retirement accounts and any business interest so both sides see the same numbers.

Retirement accounts don't all divide the same way: 401(k)s (ERISA plans) need a QDRO before a plan administrator will move funds; IRAs transfer without one; federal and military retirement benefits each require their own specific order. None of this is immediate; processing typically takes several weeks to several months.

If you want a second set of eyes on how your retirement accounts or business interest get valued before that shared analysis happens, call us: 888-705-0307.

"I'm not asking my client to trust the other side. I'm asking both attorneys to sign something that makes trust unnecess...
08/07/2026

"I'm not asking my client to trust the other side. I'm asking both attorneys to sign something that makes trust unnecessary."

That's the honest pitch behind a Texas participation agreement. Every lawyer at the table agrees upfront: if settlement talks collapse and the case heads to litigation, they withdraw. Their firm withdraws too. Neither spouse keeps their original attorney into a courtroom fight.

Here's what that actually does. It removes the incentive to posture, stall, or use the collaborative sessions as free discovery before filing anyway. Walking away costs real money, new counsel, a new case number, none of the financial work already completed carries forward.

Spouses don't stay at the table because they suddenly like each other. They stay because leaving is expensive for both of them.

If someone's floated collaborative divorce and you're wondering what that withdrawal clause actually costs you, call 888-705-0307.

Someone at the office told you Texas is a 50/50 state now. They meant well.Texas does start from a presumption that both...
07/29/2026

Someone at the office told you Texas is a 50/50 state now. They meant well.

Texas does start from a presumption that both parents share managing conservatorship, and it can be overcome with evidence of family violence or unfitness. But what that presumption settles is who makes decisions about school and medical care. The overnight schedule is a separate ruling.

The court's starting point there is the Standard Possession Order, which the law treats as a reasonable minimum, not the most a parent can receive. A judge can go above it. If a judge departs from it, a party can require the reasons in writing.

Parents lose ground assuming the calendar comes with the title. In practice, attorneys pull together 90 days of school records and extracurricular receipts before a temporary orders hearing. That record is what argues for time beyond the baseline.

Save our number before your next conversation about the schedule: 888-705-0307.

The fall enrollment packet from the private school is sitting in your inbox. You need to re-enroll by the end of the mon...
07/26/2026

The fall enrollment packet from the private school is sitting in your inbox. You need to re-enroll by the end of the month. Your co-parent hasn't responded to the last two emails about it.

That silence is a document now.

Private school tuition isn't covered by base child support in Texas, it's a separate category courts can divide between parents under the family code. A unilateral refusal to pay, or a unilateral decision to pull a child from a school both parents agreed to, becomes part of the fitness and cooperation record at a modification hearing.

What attorneys pull together before a temporary orders hearing in cases like this is a 90-day paper trail. That record speaks directly to who's been showing up, financially and otherwise, under the best-interest standard courts are required to apply.

If you're the parent trying to hold the enrollment together while the other side goes quiet, call us: 888-705-0307.

Your attorney asked you to read back the last text you sent your co-parent about the pickup. You read it. The room got q...
07/23/2026

Your attorney asked you to read back the last text you sent your co-parent about the pickup. You read it. The room got quiet.

That's the moment most people realize the communication record they've been building all summer isn't the one they'd want a judge to see. Text messages between co-parents can often surface as exhibits at a modification or enforcement hearing, tone, timing, what went unanswered. Courts use that record as evidence of whether a parent supports the child's relationship with the other parent, which goes directly to the best-interest standard Texas courts are required to apply.

The earlier you start treating it like an exhibit, the more it works for you. Call us: 888-705-0307.

The number the accountant read out loud didn't match the tax return in front of you. Close. Not exact.That gap is where ...
07/12/2026

The number the accountant read out loud didn't match the tax return in front of you. Close. Not exact.

That gap is where business-owner divorces get complicated. Owner draws that spiked before filing, loans to related entities at terms no bank would offer, personal expenses buried in the P&L, none of that automatically proves anything, but it's the pattern that prompts a forensic accounting referral. The question isn't whether the business is profitable. It's whether the income showing up in the marital estate reflects what the business actually produced.

In collaborative cases involving a closely held business, the team often includes a neutral financial professional with access to both spouses' records, and may bring in a forensic accountant when the numbers warrant it. Call Lackey Law at 888-705-0307 if the financials aren't adding up.

The earlier those records are in front of someone who knows what to look for, the better.

"I had no idea we had that account." That's a sentence attorneys hear more than you'd expect, and it usually comes right...
07/07/2026

"I had no idea we had that account." That's a sentence attorneys hear more than you'd expect, and it usually comes right after the Sworn Inventory lands.

The Sworn Inventory and Appraisement is the document where both spouses list every asset and debt under oath, with each item classified as separate or community property. That's when the full picture stops being a guess.

Before that exchange happens, practitioners typically recommend pulling 12 to 24 months of bank and retirement statements, 2 to 3 years of tax returns, and K-1s for any business interest. What gets listed, and how it's classified, shapes what Texas law even allows a court to divide.

If you want a second set of eyes on what you're gathering before that first meeting, call us: 888-705-0307.

The account has your name on it. Always has. You opened it before the wedding, deposited your paycheck into it every two...
07/04/2026

The account has your name on it. Always has. You opened it before the wedding, deposited your paycheck into it every two weeks for years, and never thought twice about it.

Texas law doesn't care whose name is on the account. Under the community property presumption, every asset either spouse possesses at divorce is presumed shared, unless you can prove otherwise with clear and convincing evidence. That's a higher bar than most people expect.

What typically does the work is a paper trail: the statement dated before the wedding that establishes the starting balance, and documentation tracing every deposit forward from there. When community income mixed in over the years, that trace can get complicated fast.

The earlier in the case you start building that record, the more options you have. Call us: 888-705-0307.

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