The Bowen Law Firm, PLLC is a Houston law firm with its office at 14202 Champion Forest Drive, Houston, Texas 77069. Its website describes a practice covering family law, estate planning, probate, personal injury and civil litigation. According to the firm's about page, it has been helping people throughout Houston since 2013, and its Houston-based team serves clients in Harris County and in neighboring communities in Fort Bend, Montgomery and Waller counties.
This spotlight looks at the family-centered side of that practice, and what it says about the firm is drawn only from what the firm publishes about itself. For many households, legal questions do not arrive one at a time. A divorce can raise questions about a will. A parent's death can lead to a probate case, and sometimes to a disagreement among relatives. The firm's site speaks to that overlap directly, and it is a useful way to understand how its practice areas fit together.
The practice areas page on the firm's website lists adoption, child custody, child support, divorce, prenuptial agreements and postnuptial agreements under family law. Its family law page goes into more detail. It discusses uncontested divorce, where the spouses agree on all terms, and contested divorce, where at least one issue remains in dispute. It describes child custody work covering conservatorship, possession schedules, relocation and modifications, and child support work covering establishment, enforcement and modification. The adoption matters listed there include step-parent and relative adoptions. Prenuptial agreements are described as agreements made before marriage, and postnuptial agreements as marital property agreements made after it.
The same page explains that Texas refers to child custody as conservatorship, which matches the vocabulary of Chapter 153 of the Texas Family Code. In most cases, Section 153.005 lets a court choose between a sole managing conservator and joint managing conservators, the two arrangements the firm's page describes.
Not every family case ends in a courtroom, and the firm's site describes more than one route. Mediation, as the page puts it, involves a neutral third party who facilitates discussions between the parties. Collaborative divorce involves both parties working together with their lawyers and other professionals to reach a solution outside of court. If no settlement is reached, the page explains, the case may go to trial, and a judge makes the final decision.
On the estate planning side, the firm's site covers wills, trusts, powers of attorney and healthcare directives, such as a living will or a healthcare power of attorney. The page takes the view that estate planning is not only for people with large estates, calling a plan essential for everyone, and it notes that a will can be used to designate guardians for minor children. Texas law backs that up. Under Section 1104.053 of the Estates Code, a surviving parent can designate, in a will or a separate written declaration, who should serve as guardian of the person of a minor child after the parent's death or incapacity, and the court generally gives that choice preference.
The page also says the firm provides ongoing support so that clients can adjust their plans when necessary. That reflects a simple reality: a will or power of attorney signed years ago may no longer match a family's circumstances.
The firm's probate page describes the work that follows a death: validating the will if one exists, appointing an executor to handle the estate's affairs, settling debts and taxes, and distributing the remaining assets to the beneficiaries. It says the firm's lawyers can guide an executor through the steps of probate and advise on how to handle contested wills or creditor claims, and it notes that when there is no will, the estate is divided under the Texas laws of intestate succession. The page also acknowledges that disagreements between beneficiaries or family members can complicate probate, and it speaks of offering clear, legally sound advice when that happens.
The firm also handles civil litigation. Its litigation page describes disputes over commercial agreements, business ownership, vendor relationships, real-estate interests, property damage and fiduciary duties, as well as will contests, which arise when family members or beneficiaries disagree about the validity of a loved one's will. The firm's about page observes that family changes can create estate-planning questions, and that a business or property dispute can overlap with probate or civil litigation. Personal injury is also part of the firm's practice; this article does not cover it.
The firm's about page sums up its starting point in one line: "Our approach begins with listening." It then describes what happens at the beginning of a matter. The legal team can review the records a client already has, identify information that is still needed, and explain the sequence of events that may follow, including the options available, the stages the matter is likely to go through, and which documents or evidence may matter. The page says clients can also expect direct conversations about priorities and tradeoffs, with the focus kept on what needs to be done now and what decisions are approaching.
The Bowen Law Firm's office is at 14202 Champion Forest Drive, in Houston's 77069 ZIP code. Its about page invites people with a family law, probate, estate-planning or civil matter, among others, to call or to send the firm a message to schedule a consultation.
This article is general information, not legal advice. Every family's situation is different; for advice about yours, speak with a licensed Texas attorney.