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"I help people make babies! LGBTQ+ Legal Issues–ART/adoptions, wills, divorce. And I'll help your straight friends get divorced, too."

- Christine Henry Andresen

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Christine Henry Andresen is a family law attorney in Austin. She is a 2019 Austin Monthly Magazine Best of ATX Adoption Attorney, 2019 Family Law Super Lawyer, 2018 Pathfinder’s Award Winner, and 2017 Legal Finalist in the Austin Under 40 Awards. Christine has wide-ranging experience in both traditional and non-traditional family-building, family-securing and family-rearranging. Specifically, the areas of family law in which Christine practices are: reproductive law—adoption law, gestational law, surrogacy law, Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART); LGBTQ+ family law; divorce; child custody; and child welfare (CPS cases). CHA Law Group also prides itself in doing will and estate planning for clients, whether they are single, married, gay, straight, trans, parents, and/or dog-lovers.

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Testimonials

Caring and professional

“Christine represented me in my divorce. She and her staff were caring and professional from start to finish. They explained things thoroughly and I felt like I had a say in the process as much as possible. I would highly recommend this firm for anyone needing family law services.”

Theresa Bastain

“Christine and staff were awesome! Always in touch with me via email or phone calls to update me. Christine makes sure you are fully prepared and confident for court day. If you are seeking a legal name change/gender correction Christine and staff  are the best team.”

Ava Sanchez

“Professional but very caring in their actions.  It all paid off in the end as of December 23rd 2015 I am now officially an adoptive parent of a 6 1/2 yo who has blossomed into such a fine young man.  I would encourage anyone needing to approach this process to consider Ms. Christine Henry Andresen and her staff due to their professionalism, compassion, and extreme knowledge of the adoption process.  Thank you all again for everything you have done for me and my grandson.”

Carol Freeman

“Christine and staff successfully represented me for legal gender correction and name change, at a very reasonable flat fee. Let me describe one small thing that I think exemplifies the kind of person she is—on a Sunday night, after midnight, the night before my planned court date, she emailed me to reassure me that we could go through with the appearance even though my doctor’s office had been recalcitrant in providing supporting documentation. What kind of attorney is emailing her flat fee clients at midnight on the weekend? An amazing one.”

Schell Carpenter

Efficient, flexible, affable

“I found Christine, Casey, Angie, and all of the staff at CHA to be efficient, flexible, affable, and most importantly not prone to fumbling with LGBTQ issues. When I found myself all tangled up in some very sluggish Texas bureaucracies, I found CHA to be responsive and supportive; they saw me through a few barriers that I likely would not have been able to claw my over by myself. If you’re looking for an office to help you get through your legal name change and correction of gender needs, I think you could ask for no better office to support you.”

Andrea Perry

Communicative, professional and responsive.

“We were “working” with an attorney in Dallas for 6 weeks with no progress and horrible communication. We fired them and signed on with Christine.  She and her team were exceptional. We were working on a tight timeline and they delivered. Extremely communicative, professional and responsive. We are so happy we made the switch and will recommend her firm to anyone in TX that needs family law assistance.”

Tammi DeVille Merrell

“I engaged Ms. Andresen to assist in my petition for name and gender marker change. One of her specializations is LGBT-related issues. She is very thorough in explaining issues, presenting information as well as ramifications answering even peripherally related questions. She is knowledgeable.  She and the people at her practice are thorough, super-punctual and efficient.”

Anna Nguyen

“Christine and her staff were knowledgeable, professional, and so easy to work with.  They are well connected in the legal community here in Austin, which made working through our issue unbelievably smooth.  The cost for service was very reasonable. I highly recommend them if you have any of the issues described on their website!”

Sharane Wang

4103 Manchaca Road
Austin, Texas 78704
512.394.4230

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