A Comprehensive Houston Family Law Practice
Attorney Golda R. Jacob has a reputation for being caring, compassionate and a consummate professional. In fact, she has been recognized as one of H Texas magazine's Top Family Law Lawyers. An attorney with 18 years of experience like Golda R. Jacob knows how to help you survive a divorce and custody battle and emerge with your goals intact. She has taken many cases to trial and is also a certified mediator.
Over the past two decades, we have helped hundreds of clients with:
- Adoptions: We can help with adoption of a baby as well as stepparent and grandparent adoptions.
- Child support and custody: We have helped hundreds of clients obtain support and custody provisions based on a clear assessment of their family's needs.
- Divorce and maintenance: We will help you define and protect your objectives throughout the divorce process. Our firm also offers divorcing couples the chance to mediate a dissolution cooperatively out of court.
- Domestic violence and protective orders: We can help with issues of family violence and get a protective order if needed.
- Estate planning, probate and wills: Protect your legacy by setting up a trust or creating a will. We can also counsel you through the probate process to settle the estate of a lost loved one.
- Family intervention and child protective services: If child protective services has been to your house, you can set up temporary custodianship for extended family members.
- High net worth divorce: We can work to identify assets that were unreported or hidden by your spouse, including real estate and stock options.
- Military divorces: Deployed or not, service in the military by one or both spouses changes the rules of divorce and custody.
- Modifications: Maintenance, custody and visitation all may be modified under appropriate circumstances.
- Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements: Enter your marriage with your assets protected and a solid understanding of your future responsibilities.
With 18 years of experience as a family law litigator and certified mediator, Golda R. Jacob helps clients with family law matters. Our office is in downtown Houston, a short walk from the Harris County courthouse. Call 713-227-7383 or contact us online.



