Houston Family Law Attorney

Memorial and the Energy Corridor: what west side families bring to a Houston family law attorney

Memorial and the Energy Corridor stretch west from Memorial Park along Interstate 10 toward the Addicks and Barker reservoirs. Many households here draw pay from energy companies, so a case can involve bonuses, stock awards and job transfers alongside the questions about the children and the house.

Memorial Park anchors the east end. The city established the park in May 1924 on land that had been Camp Logan, a World War I Army training camp, after Will and Mike Hogg bought the tracts and sold them to Houston at cost. The Memorial Park Conservancy puts the park at about 1,500 acres.

Along Interstate 10, the Energy Corridor District takes in upward of 2,000 acres between Kirkwood Road and a point just west of Barker Cypress Road. BP's Americas headquarters sits at Westlake Park there. The Addicks and Barker reservoirs, built to hold back Buffalo Bayou floodwater, exceeded their capacity during Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and flooded homes in the district.

Houston ISD and Katy ISD each serve parts of the Energy Corridor, but most of Memorial is in Spring Branch ISD. When an employer offers a parent a move out of state, the question of where the children live is covered on the child custody page.

Galleria, Uptown and River Oaks: why the paperwork often outweighs the hearing

The Galleria, the office towers along Post Oak Boulevard and the older estates of River Oaks sit within a few miles of one another near Loop 610. Divorces here often involve a long-held home, a family business or investment accounts, so listing and valuing what each spouse owns can take longer than any courtroom day.

Developer Gerald D. Hines opened The Galleria on November 16, 1970, near Westheimer Road and Post Oak Boulevard. Next door, the 901-foot Williams Tower, designed by Philip Johnson, was called Transco Tower until 1999.

River Oaks dates to the 1920s, when Will and Mike Hogg and attorney Hugh Potter laid out lots around River Oaks Country Club, which opened in 1923. The Hogg brothers modeled the plan on Kansas City's Country Club District, and the neighborhood became a widely publicized national model for community planning. Its public school students attend Houston ISD campuses.

When a marriage holds this kind of property, the property division page explains how Texas sorts what belongs to whom.

Does a Houston address always mean a Harris County case?

Usually, but not always. The City of Houston reaches past Harris County into parts of Fort Bend and Montgomery Counties, so a Houston mailing address can sit in a different county, and the county decides which courthouse hears the case.

Before the first appointment, look at a property tax statement or the county appraisal district website to confirm which county your home is in. If the children live in one county and a parent lives in another, bring both addresses. The Areas We Serve page explains how Texas decides where a family case is filed.

Fritz Law Firm, PLLC does not take cases from communities south or southeast of downtown Houston. Its Harris County work centers on the west and central city and the northwest and northeast suburbs.