Blog: Family Assault

Charged with Family Assault Over Thanksgiving? Here’s What You Need to Know in Texas
November 21, 2025
Thanksgiving is meant to bring families together, but the holiday doesn’t always go as planned. Long travel days, emotional conversations, and the pressure to “keep the peace” can sometimes boil over, turning a family gathering into a situation that leads to police involvement. For some Texans, what began as a simple disagreement ends with law […]

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A Little More About Assault Of A Family Member
January 26, 2023
At least once a week I receive a phone call from a girlfriend, wife or husband who regrets calling the police on their loved one and wants to know how to “drop” charges. I know what she wants. She wants to go back in time and erase the problem without having to deal with the […]

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MOEP Is Bullsh***!
December 01, 2022
What Is A Moep? For those of you who don’t know what a Magistrates Order of Emergency Protection (MOEP) is, it’s an order from a Judge prohibiting an accused from, among other things, going near the residence or place of business of an alleged victim of family violence in Texas. I know it seems like […]

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