Strategic counsel for divorce, custody, interstate and international jurisdiction, Hague Convention matters, and the procedural issues that can change the course of a case.
No two family law matters follow the same path. The Putman Firm helps clients understand the legal landscape, identify the issues that matter most, and move forward with a deliberate strategy.
From familiar family transitions to jurisdictional questions crossing state and international borders, each matter requires a strategy built around its facts.
Guidance through contested and uncontested divorce, marital property questions, support, and the decisions that follow separation.
Discuss your matterConservatorship, possession, child support, parenting issues, modifications, and enforcement of existing orders.
Discuss your matterUCCJEA disputes, home-state analysis, competing proceedings, and custody questions involving more than one state.
Discuss your matterHague Convention matters involving the international removal or retention of children and cross-border jurisdictional questions.
Discuss your matterWhen circumstances change—or an existing order is not being followed—the next step requires careful legal and procedural review.
Discuss your matterStanding, defaults, motions for new trial, bills of review, post-judgment remedies, and other procedural issues.
Discuss your matterInterstate and international cases can turn on where a child has lived, which court acted first, and which legal framework controls. These are not side issues—they may determine where the entire case proceeds.
Eronn Putman is the Managing Attorney of The Putman Firm, PLLC. Her background includes work as a lobbyist and legislative aide in the United States Congress, the Texas Legislature, and Houston City Council.
Alongside Attorney Putman, Legal Secretary Lauryn E. Simpson helps guide clients from their first call through the day-to-day details of their case—bringing a visible, human presence to every stage of the client experience.
Your consultation should help organize the facts, surface urgent issues, and make the next step easier to understand.
Share the important facts, any current orders, deadlines, hearings, locations, and immediate concerns.
We discuss the issues, explain your rights, and identify which questions need to be answered first.
You leave with a clearer view of the available path and what preparation may be needed.
The firm’s educational resources connect family law, procedure, and real-life decisions so clients can ask better questions.
Why jurisdiction comes before the merits of a custody dispute—and why assumptions about “home state” can be costly.
Read the Putmaniac Blog →A practical guide created to help people recognize situations to avoid during divorce and child custody litigation.
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