Does the Office of the Attorney General handle custody and visitation disputes?
Although federal regulations do not allow the Office of the Attorney General to use child support funding for legal services about custody or visitation disputes, the OAG does receive limited special funding to provide assistance in these matters. The OAG offers assistance in several ways. Ask a lawyer: By phone: Call the Texas OAG Access and Visitation Hotline toll-free at 1-866-292-4636 from 1-7 p.m., Monday Friday. Calls are answered in English and Spanish. Search the hotline’s companion Web site www.txaccess.org for sample materials and tools for assistance with child visitation issues. In person: Ask your custody and visitation questions at free, monthly Parenting Order Legal Clinics. Bring your court orders with you and call the clinics phone number to ask for childcare or to request a Spanish interpreter. Find the location nearest you. The OAG maintains the Access and Visitation Directory, which is an online directory of programs and service providers across Texas designed to fa
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