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You can look up the Dallas Bar Association on the web and they maybe able to assist you, but it will completely depend on the circumstances in the divorce. I am going through one now myself and I live in Dallas County (strange coincidence). I was able to do everything myself with the help of the internet, but my divorce is uncontested, with no children, and no fault. We simply agreed to the divorce which makes it pretty easy. Dallas County also has where you can file paperwork to get the filing fee waived for your divorce. Otherwise, the filing fee itself is $245 (with no children). Like any other case that involves a court or lawyers, it will cost you some money. Since a divorce can be done without a lawyer in Texas, don’t be surprised if you cannot find a lawyer who will do it for free.

Is it better to hire an attorney to do all the paperwork, or is it easier and cheaper to do it on your own? If an attorney is better, can you recommend on in the Dallas area? Thank you all for your help!!

I would suggest that it is a bit soon for an attorney, as you do not seem to have sufficient legal basis for your girlfriend to immigrate (who I assume is a Venezuelan citizen with no US relatives).

Letters of invitation and other methods etc could secure longer and more frequent temporary US visas for up to a max 180 days in a calendar year. Legal advice could help here.

However until you are married, or unless your girlfriend is highly skilled enough to qualify for immigration on her own: full and legal residency for her is not going to be possible.

I want to at least delay the mutilation of my trees by our electric delivery company (Oncor). They have done horrible things all over Dallas to trees and want to destroy my 55+ year old magnolias that are in my front yard because they "pose a safety and reliability risk".

If Texas is anything like most other states, you don’t just "file an injunction." The basic steps are: file the correct petition (or whatever it’s called in Texas) in the correct court with the correct filing fee; have it served on the correct opposing party; they answer; then you can schedule a hearing on various motions or on the ultimate issue.