Hardesty Law Office
Your Family's Lawyer
Serving Ellis County & DFW
Conveniently and centrally located nearby in Midlothian, Texas, the Hardesty law office serves the entire DFW metroplex, including not only Ellis but Dallas and Tarrant Counties. The Hardesty Law Office was founded to provide legal services to individuals, businesses, and non-profit organizations with the personal attention and legal expertise they deserve. We can assist you in all areas of law that touch on the family, such as divorces, child custody, child support, estate planning, probate, guardianship, and criminal matters. We also help incorporate clients in business formations, general counsel help and contract drafting.
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How Does Paternity Affect Custodial Parental Rights?
Family court judges have one thing in mind: the best interests of the child. That’s what drives their decisions and tells them how to rule. In most cases, the judge will want to keep the child’s life as undisturbed as possible. They’re already going through a lot in the divorce proceedings and they don’t like…
Read MoreThe Child Custody Process and Creating a Parenting Plan
There are over two million marriages in the United States and over 827,000 of them end up in divorce. Divorce is heartbreaking but the situation is even more crucial if you two have children. Divorced parents require an extra step in the divorce process — child custody and establishing a parental plan. This ensures your…
Read MoreWhere There’s a Will There’s a Way: 5 Things to Do Before Hiring a Probate Attorney
Funeral expenses. Sorting through personal possessions. Emotional healing. Life after the death of a loved one comes with a certain set of challenges. But haggling over property or money shouldn’t be one of them. According to Forbes, over $30 trillion will be inherited in the next 30 years. And given the money-motivated culture we live…
Read MoreWhen Do You Need a Probate Lawyer?
Have you recently lost a loved one? Need to deal with the probate process, but not sure where to start? Not sure if and when you should hire a probate attorney? The probate process can be a tricky thing. Especially when taxes and family conflict comes into play! But fear not, we’re here to help…
Read MoreWhat to Include In a Will: 8 Key Elements
As Cam’Ron said in the classic film, Paid In Full, “People die every day.” In fact,?151,600 people die?every day on this planet, so you could even argue he was understating the issue. To prepare for your inevitable passing, you should definitely draw up a last will and testament, especially if you’re going to be leaving…
Read MoreHow a Lawyer Can Help You Set Up a Family Trust
Do you have a plan for your assets after you die? If you don’t, you’re not alone.?Less than half of Americans?have a will or trust in place. If you have young children, it’s especially important to be prepared. You want to leave your remaining family members with few questions about the administration of your estate.…
Read MoreShould I Adopt? 8 Things to Consider Before Adopting a Child
The family is an essential part of the human experience. It is for this reason that many people who are looking to start a family, or looking to expand their current family, often turn to adoption. Adoption can be a beautiful, life-affirming process for children and their adoptive parents. That said, adoption is seldom cut…
Read MoreWhat You Need to Do in Order to Become the Primary Custodial Parent of Your Child
In their 2016 report, the United States Census Bureau stated that 13.4 million parents live with their 22.1 million children under the age of twenty-one, while the child’s other parent lived somewhere else. To learn how to become the primary custodial parent of your child, check out the following advice. We will take a look…
Read More10 Crucial Tips for Getting Through a Hostile Divorce
While the ongoing research on divorce rates in the U.S. can be a?confusing and tedious statistic?to follow, most of us can agree, no matter what, divorce rates are high. There are many reasons for divorce. It could be you all fell out of love, an affair was involved, or lifestyle changes occurred that made it…
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