Family Law

• Divorce
  Over the past 25 years as a divorce and family law attorney in South Texas, Robert Sheline has helped many clients make the transition from a stressful failed marriage to being single again. As your family law attorney, Robert Sheline will advise you, where appropriate, in the intricacies of restraining orders, injunctions, temporary orders, protective orders, child custody law, child visitation law / guidelines, child support law, spousal maintenance, property division, community property law in Texas and, separate property law in Texas.
• Child Support
  We help our family law clients manage the legal consequences when the fabric of family life is torn apart in divorce, including child custody,child support, visitation and spousal maintenance disputes. The disintegration of a marriage is emotionally upsetting for many. Living patterns and daily plans for the children need to be rearranged. Will you face disagreement and hard feelings in the distribution of assets? We have helped many family law clients navigate this seemingly confusing process,offering the benefit of our experience and desire to achieve the best possible result.
• Child Custody and Visitation
  We understand how difficult family law issues related to divorce, child custody, child support, visitation, property division and spousal maintenance disputes can be. The disintegration of a marriage is emotionally upsetting for many. Living patterns and daily plans for the children need to be rearranged. Will you face disagreement and hard feelings in the distribution of assets? We have helped many family law clients navigate this seemingly confusing process, offering the benefit of our experience and desire to achieve the best possible result.
• Adoption
  As an adoption attorney/adoption lawyer in McAllen, Harlingen and Brownsville in South Texas, Robert Sheline has assisted family law clients reach the happy day when all the requirements of Texas adoption law have been met and the adoption court signs the order granting adoption. An adoption will usually involve parental right termination of one or both biological parents. This is sometimes accomplished voluntarily with a biological parent signing a voluntary relinquishment of parental right or sometimes with an involuntary parental right termination.
• Paternity
  If a paternity action is brought against you the child may very well be yours. However, one should not automatically assume that is the caseand consent to the determination of paternity. Rather, one should error on the side of caution and require DNA paternity testing. In, addition different factors can effect whether or not past child will be ordered, you should consult a family law attorney/lawyer for advice and assistance in these matters.
• Premarital Agreement
  We provide individual and business clients with comprehensive family law services, including services for issues related to divorce, dissolution, child custody and modification, child support and modification, child visitation, adoption, spousal maintenance, community property, division of property, restraining orders, temporary orders, protective orders, injunctions,enforcement of court orders, paternity, termination of parental rights and prenuptial agreements.
• Guardianship
  When someone becomes incapacitated and no-one has legal authority to make decisions for that person or the right to manage their finances, a guardianship becomes necessary. Because of the ongoing involvement of the guardianship court, the experience can be very frustrating, time consuming and expensive for the guardian.Although guardianships are handled in the probate courts, practically speaking it is a family law matter. As your your South Texas family law attorney/lawyer, Robert Sheline can help minimize these problems and expenses.
• Spousal Support
  Over the past twentyfive years as a divorce attorney/divorce lawyer and family law lawyer in McAllen, Harlingen and Brownsville in South Texas, Robert Sheline has helped many family law clients make the transition from a stressful failed marriage to being single again. As your divorce lawyer/divorce attorney, Robert Sheline will advise you, where appropriate, in the intricacies of restraining orders, injunctions, temporary orders, protective orders, child custody law, child visitation law/guidelines, child support law, spousal maintenance, property division, community property law in Texas, separate property law in Texas. He has helped many family law clients as their child custody attorney/child custody lawyer reach a fair result, which is also in the best interest of the children.

Criminal Law

• DUI/DWI
• Restraining Order
  We provide individual and business clients with comprehensive family law services, including services for issues related to divorce, dissolution, child custody and modification, child support and modification, child visitation, adoption, spousal maintenance, community property, division of property, restraining orders, temporary orders, protective orders, injunctions,enforcement of court orders, paternity, termination of parental rights and prenuptial agreements

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  At the Law Offices of Robert C. Sheline, we work hard for you - our focus is on results. If you are looking for a down-to-earth, hard working, and tenacious law firm, for your Family Law, Business and Corporate Law or Estate/Probate/Trust/Will matter call the Law Offices of Robert C. Sheline today in Harlingen, McAllen/Edinburg or Brownsville.Protect your rights and resolve your case by putting my experience to work for you.
• Business Disputes
  Similarly, if you have labored long and hard building your business you owe it to yourself to have the benefit of informed professional business/corporate counsel in dealing with legal issues that impact it. When business disputes arise, it’s in your best interest to hire a competent attorney who is experienced and prepared to handle all aspects of business litigation.
• Limited Liability Companies
  We provide legal representation and advice in South Texas to all types of business entities including, corporations, limited liability companies (LLC's), limited liability partnerships (LLP's), and partnerships. Whether you are just forming your business entity, building or acquiring facilities or equipment, entering contracts for the purchase or sale of goods and services, developing policies, procedures, plans and agreements for your employees or independent contractors, or maintaining compliance with the ever changing and expanding body of laws, codes, statutes, regulations, and ordinances effecting your organization, Robert C. Sheline a South Texas business law/corporate law attorney/lawyer in the Rio Grande Valley,Texas in McAllen, Harlingen and Brownsville can help you find solutions.

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
  Whether you are planning to form a new business, expand your existing business, enter into new contractual relations or sell your business we can help. We have provided the legal services necessary for our business law/corporate law clients to incorporate and form other entities, such as L.L.C.'s. We have as a business law/corporate law attorney/lawyer participated in the drafting, negotiation and execution of various types of commercial contracts, as well as employment agreements.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
• Construction Litigation

Health Law

• Personal Injury
• Auto Accidents

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  If you have questions or concerns regarding Family Law, Business and Commercial Law, or Estate Planning and Asset Transfer, contact Robert C. Sheline by telephone at . Consultation with attorney in office by appointment only.
• Wills
  Living wills also know as physicians directives provide instructions to physicians limiting the type of measures which are utilized at the end of a person's life to keep them alive. We prepare these directives for our clients and advise our clients to consider them during the estate planning process.
• Trusts
  We work with our clients preparing trusts and wills in developing such estate plans. There is more than one way to accomplish this and various alternatives are utilized, depending upon the need and preferences of our clients, and are designed with a view toward minimizing death taxes, avoiding probate, business succession and other issues at death. We also help plan for maintaining management of assets should any incapacity occur.
• Power of Attorney
  Powers of attorney are are used both for financial and health care decisions in the event of incapacity.We prepare both types of powers of attorney for our estate planning clients.
• Probate