A divorce in Fort Bend County reaches the things you care about most: your children, your home, your financial future, and what your life looks like on the other side. You want an attorney who brings real credentials to a serious matter and still picks up the phone when you call. Scott M. Brown & Associates includes board-certified family law attorneys, a distinction held by fewer than 1% of Texas attorneys, and our team represents Sugar Land families through every kind of divorce in Texas, from agreed cases to high-conflict and high-asset ones.
Schedule a confidential consultation: call +1 281-393-4184 or request a time online. You will talk through your situation with our team and leave knowing what your next step looks like.
Family Law We Handle in Sugar Land
Our Sugar Land practice covers the full range of family law, including divorce and the issues below. If your situation involves one of these other matters, we can help, and each link leads to the page that covers it in depth.
- Child Custody: How conservatorship and possession schedules are decided for your children.
- Child Support: Setting, modifying, or enforcing child support under Texas guidelines.
- Spousal Support: Whether court-ordered maintenance or contractual alimony fits your situation.
- Property Division: How Texas community property law applies to your home, business, and retirement accounts.
- Paternity: Establishing, confirming, or challenging legal fatherhood under Texas law.
Where You Are, Where Your Case Is Heard
| Office | Counties Served | Where Custody Cases Are Heard |
|---|---|---|
| Scott M. Brown & Associates 12808 W Airport Blvd, Suite 303B Sugar Land, Texas 77478 +1 281-393-4184 Mon-Thu: 8 AM – 5:30 PM Fri: 9 AM – 12 PM | Fort Bend County | Fort Bend County Justice Center 1422 Eugene Heimann Circle Richmond, TX 77469 Custody and family law cases are heard by the District Courts. New petitioners are filed with the District Clerk at the same address. |
Once a divorce is filed in Fort Bend County, either spouse can request temporary orders to set living arrangements, parenting time, and financial responsibilities while the case moves through the District Courts, so you are not left without direction while things are pending. We handle that request as part of building your case in these courts.
The Attorneys Who Serve Sugar Land
When you hire our firm, you work with attorneys who practice family law in Fort Bend County, not just a name on the letterhead.
Scott M. Brown
Senior Partner & CEO
Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and a named Texas Super Lawyer, Scott has spent more than two decades handling the toughest divorces in Fort Bend County, from high-conflict cases to multimillion-dollar estates, the range of experience a serious divorce calls for.
Paula Roark Cundiff
Senior Partner
Paula’s practice centers on high-net-worth, high-conflict divorce and the custody disputes that come with it, giving Sugar Land clients an advocate who has already handled the hardest version of a divorce.
Caryn Gomar
Managing Attorney
Caryn built her career on family law and protective order cases, and having gone through a divorce herself while raising children, she brings both professional and personal insight to every Sugar Land divorce she handles.
Richard Lybarger
Senior Associate Attorney
A litigator with four decades of experience and a background in real estate and accounting, Richard has a rare eye for the high-stakes financial interests, property division and disclosures, that complex Sugar Land divorces turn on.
Lourel Jones
Associate Attorney
Lourel built his early career in criminal law, from a felony prosecution clinic to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, and he brings that same case-building discipline, witness interviews, negotiation, trial prep, to the family law matters he handles for clients here.
Sarah Williams
Family Law Attorney
A University of Houston Law Center graduate who practiced divorce and child custody as a solo attorney before joining the firm, Sarah pairs a research-grounded, client-direct approach with probate and estate planning skill for Fort Bend County families.
Why Sugar Land Families Choose Scott M. Brown & Associates
A divorce touches every part of your life at once. Where your children live, what happens to the house, how your retirement accounts are split, and whether you will receive or pay support are all decided in the same proceeding. Sugar Land families need attorneys who can manage all of it together.
We know the Fort Bend County courts. The procedural expectations of the District Courts in Richmond, the local scheduling practices, and the standards the local bench applies to temporary orders and property division all factor into how a case is built. That familiarity is something we have built by representing clients in these courts year after year.
We are direct with you about where you stand. Some clients come to us expecting one outcome and leave the consultation understanding a different one. That conversation is better had early, before decisions are made, than after.
We are ready to litigate from day one. Most divorces in Fort Bend County settle. But the terms of that settlement depend heavily on how prepared you are to go to court. We build every divorce file as if it is going to trial.
No promises about what you will walk away with. A commitment to the preparation that gives you the best possible position. Our published case results include complex Fort Bend County divorces involving significant estates, custody disputes, and business interests.
Ready to talk? Call +1 281-393-4184 or schedule a confidential consultation.
What to Expect When You Call
Our divorce consultation is designed to give you a clear picture before you make any decisions:
- We listen to your full situation. Children, property, income, the history of the marriage. The short version is fine; we will ask what we need to know.
- We tell you how Texas law applies to your facts. Community property, custody presumptions, support eligibility. In plain language, with no unnecessary complexity.
- We give you a realistic first step. Filing, responding to your spouse’s petition, securing temporary orders, or taking time to think. You leave with a clear direction.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Talk to a Sugar Land Divorce Attorney
We know the Fort Bend County courts, we know the kind of divorce case you are facing, and we will tell you the truth about your options before you commit to anything. Scott M. Brown & Associates has represented Fort Bend County families for more than two decades, with board-certified Texas family law attorneys with decades of combined courtroom experience. We serve clients from four Texas locations, and we will make sure you are working with the right attorney for your case.
Call +1 281-393-4184 or schedule a consultation online. We will match you with the right attorney on our Sugar Land team and get you a clear first step.
