Richard Lybarger, Attorney at Law
Dedicated and Aggressive Texas Divorce & Family Law Attorney
Serving Houston and Surrounding Areas
If you are facing the prospect of divorce or some other matter involving family law and looking for a lawyer, you may be facing one of the most frightening, difficult, and emotionally challenging times of your life. This is particularly true, because, for most people, nothing is more important to them than the welfare of their children and their financial security.
Richard Lybarger is an experienced Texas Divorce and Family Law attorney who has been licensed to practice law in Texas since November, 1986. Mr. Lybarger offers a full range of legal services in family law ranging from complex divorce cases involving significant estates and child custody issues, to simple marriage dissolution cases which may be uncontested. Other family law cases handled by Mr. Lybarger include paternity; custody; visitation; modification (changes to existing court orders) which may include conservatorship, visitation, rights and duties of parents, and child support; enforcement court orders including child support, conservatorship, visitation, and property division; stepparent adoption; interstate cases which arise when parents move from one state to another); protective orders; property settlements, including prenuptial agreement and marital agreements after the parties are married; grandparents and sibling rights; and simple name change.
Mr. Lybarger practices Divorce and Family Law in Harris County, Texas, and all of the surrounding counties including Austin County, Brazoria County, Chambers County, Fort Bend County, Galveston County, Liberty County, Montgomery County, San Jacinto County, Waller County, and Wharton County, Texas. Mr. Lybarger’s office is conveniently and centrally located in Houston, Texas, close to the Houston Galleria Shopping Center. Mr. Lybarger proudly serves the needs of people living in such communities as Alvin, Anahuac, Angleton, Baytown, Bellaire, Bellville, Brazoria, Brookshire, Cleveland, Clear Lake City, Cold Spring, Conroe, Friendswood, Galveston, Hediwig Village, Hempstead, Hitchcock, Houston, Humble, Katy, Kemah, Kingwood, La Marque, La Porte, League City, Liberty, Magnolia, Needville, Pasadena, Pearland, Richmond, Rosenberg, Santa Fe, Seabrook, Sealy, Spring, Spring Branch, Sugar Land, Texas City, Tomball, Webster, West University, Winnie, Wharton, and The Woodlands.
Addressing Your Specific Needs As an Individual Client
Attorney Richard Lybarger understands that when people are going through a divorce or some other family law matter involving their children and financial security, it is usually one of the most frightening, difficult, and emotionally challenging times a person will ever face. Mr. Lybarger believes good family lawyers are caring individuals who are compassionate and know how to listen to their clients in order to understand their needs and goals, and yet have the wisdom and strength to remain objective in order to provide the kind of guidance and direction a client needs in order to address the many difficult choices that often need to be made when resolving a divorce or other family law matter.
Resolving you Case with Dignity and Respect
Mr. Lybarger seeks to handle your case as quickly and efficiently as possible, while diligently pursuing your desired goals and outcome. In this regard, Mr. Lybarger understands the often very difficult financial and emotional issues involved in your case, he understands the embarrassment you may feel having to discuss deeply personal and private matters, and the anxiety of not being in control of your situation. Perhaps one of the most difficult things for any client, is knowing that if an acceptable agreement cannot be reached to resolve their case, the decision will be up to a judge or jury. This is particularly true given that most of the family courts have very heavy dockets and the court may not be able to give the amount of time necessary to fully and completely address all of the issues involved in the client’s case.
Mr. Lybarger believes there is a time to be aggressive and a to not to be aggressive. After many years of experience handling divorce and other family law matters, Mr. Lybarger has come to believe that if the parties are their attorneys are reasonable and realistic, given the fact, it is usually possible for the parties to reach an acceptable agreement and settle their case out court without the necessity of having a protracted trial or hearing. Mr. Lybarger believes that in most instances, the best way for a client to reach a proper settlement and avoid having to go to trial is to be ready to go to trial if necessary. Mr. Lybarger is a strong advocate of Collaborative Law and mediation. In almost ever case, the court will require the parties to attend mediation, which is a formal negotiation progress, that takes place with the assistance of an experienced mediator. The best chance for success is to be well prepared and select a mediator who is well matched to the issues and personalities involved in the client’s case. Some divorce cases and sometimes other kinds of family law matters are suitable for handling through the Collaborative Law progress. The Collaborative Law process is particularly suited to professionals, people who may be known to the public, and other individuals who may have large estates, schedules that demand flexibility that the court typically does not have the ability to allow, and who wish to maintain as much privacy with respect to their financial and personal matters as possible. In the Collaborative Law progress the parties, in addition to having engages the services of their respective Collaborative attorneys, will engage the services of various professionals to help them address the financial and other matters unique tot heir case.
Attorney Richard Lybarger has the kind of wisdom and years of experience necessary to help you resolve your divorce or other family law matter with dignity and respect.
