Ending a marriage is rarely easy, but when you time it in a way that lessens the impact on your and your children’s lives, you can at least take some of the sting out. For many couples in Texas, summer is a unique window of opportunity. With the help of a divorce attorney in Texas, you can navigate the challenges of divorce and custody agreements with less disruption to your daily life and more privacy.
Choosing the right divorce lawyer for your split is crucial. Attorney Dora Alicia Garza is an impassioned advocate for her clients, striving to protect their best interests during divorce and ensuring they are treated fairly. Her work as a mediator highlights her commitment to helping divorcing couples set up functional, meaningful co-parenting relationships. To find out how our team can help you work through your divorce, call us at 956-329-1304 now.
More Flexible Schedules for Parents and Kids
Summer offers more flexible schedules for kids and parents alike. One of the biggest hurdles you may face early on in your divorce is scheduling. Figuring out how you want to split time, who does pick-ups and drop-offs, and how to still meet your child’s academic needs is incredibly stressful. If you divorce during summer, school is out, extracurriculars often slow down, and your workplace may offer shorter or more flexible hours. This gives you more time to meet with your divorce law firm, discuss parenting plans and custody schedules, and attend court and mediation with your divorce lawyer—without worrying about school pick-ups, and provide substantial emotional support to your children as they go through the challenges of divorce.
Easier to Coordinate Moves and New Living Arrangements
One major challenge you’ll likely have to work through during divorce is figuring out new living arrangements. Regardless of which spouse moves out (or if you decide to try a nesting arrangement), there’s a lot to figure out. The slower pace of life in summer may allow you to browse rental listings and real estate listings more thoroughly, stage your home if you decide to sell, and avoid uprooting your children from their school district during a school year.
When you complete a move during summer, you’re in a better position to have the house completely set up and optimized for your kids’ needs before the next school year starts, which sets them up for success. You also give them space to adjust to new routines and living arrangements, rather than essentially forcing them to do so while juggling school commitments.
Built-In Privacy From the Outside World
Divorce is an incredibly personal process, but people can be incredibly nosey about it. If they get the slightest hint of trouble in a marriage, they’ll hover around, check for wedding rings, and dig for information. Summer makes it a lot easier to go through this process in private. There are fewer interactions at school to deal with, no teachers to explain your child’s sudden change in behavior to, and not quite as many extracurricular activities where you’ll need to dodge the local gossip. Divorce is hard enough; you don’t need unwanted opinions, advice, or thoughts from outsiders. You’ll likely talk to people about your divorce eventually—but when you do, it should be on your terms.
More Emotional Bandwidth
Children are under a lot of pressure in this day and age. There’s pressure to do well in school, fit in socially, be a good son or daughter, and succeed outside of school. Summer takes a lot of that pressure off. Divorce can challenge even the most emotionally regulated child, so it makes sense to do it when children have more emotional bandwidth. Let them use the summer to start seeing a therapist, lash out at you and their other parent, and grieve the loss of the current family arrangement. With you by their side, they can work through their feelings and get in a better mental and emotional place for the start of the next school year.
Take Control of Your Future—Talk to Us About Your Divorce Options
If divorce is the next step for you, working with an experienced divorce attorney is an important part of getting ready for the next stage of your life. Let’s talk more about what comes next and how we can help. Call Garza Law Office at 956-329-1304 or reach out online now to set up a consultation with our divorce law firm.
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