Protecting Your Rights While Life Keeps Moving
Work still starts in the morning. Your children still need to get to school. But now you are trying to manage a criminal charge, a separation, or a legal problem involving your child alongside everything else.
Hunt & Hunt Law Firm helps Hallsville, TX, residents address these challenges. Our Longview attorneys handle criminal defense, family law, and juvenile matters, helping you understand your options and prepare for the decisions ahead.
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Criminal Law
A court date may be weeks away, but your questions about a criminal accusation start immediately. You may be worried about speaking with investigators, understanding release paperwork, or explaining an absence from work.
Hunt & Hunt represents people facing DWI, drug, theft, assault, domestic violence, and probation violation allegations. Our criminal defense lawyers serving Hallsville review the facts, assess the evidence, and prepare a strategy based on the circumstances of your case.
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Family Law
A parenting arrangement has to account for real life: school mornings, work schedules, holidays, transportation, and the decisions parents make for their children.
Our family law attorneys serving Hallsville help clients address:
- Contested and uncontested divorce
- Division of marital property and debt
- Child custody and visitation
- Child support
- Requests to modify existing orders
- Enforcement of prior orders
We help you identify what needs to be resolved and understand the practical effect of proposed terms.
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Juvenile Law
Parents often want to act quickly when their child gets into legal trouble, but knowing what to do can be difficult.
We help Hallsville families understand juvenile proceedings and prepare for the steps ahead. Our attorneys listen to both the legal concerns and the family’s questions, explain what documents are needed, and discuss possible paths forward.
When questions arise about a juvenile record, we can also review whether record relief may be available.
A Legal Team That Takes Time to Understand Your Situation
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Experience That Works for You
When your family, freedom, or future is at stake, you want attorneys who understand cases like yours and know how to prepare.
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Clear Answers to Your Questions
Understand your options, the risks involved, and what happens next - with explanations that make sense.
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Support When You Need It
When a question comes up or your circumstances change, you need a legal team you can reach and trust to respond.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I speak with police if they want to question me about a crime in Hallsville?
Get legal advice before agreeing to discuss allegations against you, even if an officer says they only want your side of the story. Ask whether you are free to leave, do not lie, and provide information the law requires.
If you are in custody and being questioned, clearly request a lawyer and state that you wish to remain silent. A defense attorney can help you respond appropriately.
Can I contact my spouse if a bond condition or protective order says no contact?
Do not treat your spouse’s invitation as permission to disregard a court restriction. A no-contact condition or protective order remains enforceable unless it expires or the court changes it.
Depending on its wording, contact through texts, social media, friends, or relatives may also be prohibited. Have your lawyer review the exact terms and ask the court for any necessary change before resuming contact.
Can I drive to work if my license is suspended after a DWI?
You may qualify for an occupational driver’s license that permits restricted driving for work, school, or essential household needs. Eligibility and restrictions depend on the suspension and your driving history.
The process generally requires a court order, required insurance documentation, and submission of the necessary items to DPS. An occupational license does not authorize commercial driving. Do not assume that needing to get to work makes driving legal.
Who decides where the children live and who pays bills while a divorce is pending?
The court can issue temporary orders addressing parenting time, child support, use of property, and payment of debts while the divorce proceeds. Either spouse can ask for these orders.
If you need a workable schedule or access to household funds now, discuss a temporary-orders request with your divorce lawyer. Bring your income records, monthly expenses, current parenting arrangements, and any existing orders.
Does joint custody mean equal parenting time for Hallsville parents?
No. In Texas, joint managing conservatorship concerns parental rights and responsibilities; it does not automatically create a 50/50 schedule.
The order separately addresses possession and access, including weekends, school breaks, holidays, and exchanges. Review both the decision-making provisions and the parenting calendar before signing an agreement. A schedule should account for your child’s needs, school routine, transportation, and each parent’s availability.
Can I stop visitation if the other parent is not paying child support?
No. Court-ordered child support and parenting time are separate obligations. Missed support payments do not authorize you to withhold a visit required by the order, and denied visits do not authorize stopping support.
Keep records of the missed payments or denied exchanges and pursue the appropriate enforcement process. If there is a separate concern about your child’s safety, seek prompt legal advice about protective measures.
Will my child support automatically decrease if I lose my job?
No. Job loss or lower income does not automatically change the amount in your order. You may qualify for a modification, but the existing obligation remains until it is changed through the legal process.
Act promptly, keep records of your income change and job search, and continue paying as much as you can. A child support attorney can evaluate a modification request; unpaid amounts can continue accumulating.
Can I move away from Hallsville with my child after a divorce?
Start with your custody order. Many Texas orders limit the geographic area in which the child’s primary residence can be established. A new job or your role as the primary parent does not override that restriction.
A proposed move may require an approved modification. Have your attorney review the order before relocating, enrolling the child elsewhere, or committing to arrangements that conflict with its terms.
What happens if my child is taken to juvenile detention?
If your child is not released, Texas generally requires a detention hearing by the second working day after custody, with a faster rule for Friday or Saturday detentions and certain exceptions. This hearing addresses continued detention rather than finally resolving the allegations.
Contact a juvenile defense lawyer promptly and gather information about your child’s home supervision, school, and support needs so counsel can prepare.
Does a Texas juvenile record disappear when a child turns 18?
No. Turning 18 does not automatically erase every juvenile record. Some records qualify for sealing without an application when specific requirements are met; others require an application and a court decision.
Eligibility depends on the case history, outcome, and other factors. Before assuming a record is cleared, have a juvenile lawyer review the case and confirm whether a sealing order has actually been entered.
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