Filers in Dallas County can now e-file an Uncontested Divorce Without Children and Adult Name Changes through Guide and File! This guide tells you how to ask for a custody, visitation, child support, medical support, and dental support order.To speak with a parenting time specialist on our toll free telephone hotline, please call (866) 292-4636 Monday - Friday from pm to pm Central time. You must file in the county where the child resides. If the child has lived in that county for the last six months, that court has jurisdiction. Our child custody lawyers in Dallas will work together with you on your custody case, should you hire our firm. We will advocate for your rights. Pleadings that do not require a fee can be filed directly at the clerk's window adjacent to the court in which the case is heard. To file for emergency custody, you must fill out a petition and attach an affidavit stating the reasons why you believe your child is in danger. Worried about child custody as your marriage is ending?