Elisa Reiter

Elisa Maloff Reiter provides value-added legal representation throughout the entire divorce process. Our firm combines the skills you would find at a boutique firm with efficiency in handling your case. You can reach her at elisa@elisareiter.com or at ereiter@uplawtx.com.

Whether you are enjoying your golden years or facing division of complex assets that include a business, you need an attorney who works expediently and effectively. Need help with parental alienation issues? Mrs. Reiter can help. LGQBT issues? Mrs. Reiter can help. Navigating a divorce for those in their golden years? Mrs. Reiter can help. Navigating a divorce at the height of your earning power? Mrs. Reiter can help. Modifying an old Decree regarding access, powers or child support? Mrs. Reiter can help. Enforcing a Decree or Modification Order? Mrs. Reiter can help.

With Elisa Reiter, you will work with a compassionate and caring attorney. When you enter the courtroom, you will witness firsthand a skilled and successful litigator who will employ all resources to secure the best possible results. In mediation and collaborative law settings, she will skillfully navigate you through the process.

Whether you are dealing with the division of large estates or small, or are grappling with parental alienation, reunification, or CPS cases, she will call upon her colleagues in industries that range from mental health to forensic accounting, as needed, to move you forward toward resolution. The right choice? Elisa Reiter.

Southern Methodist University

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)

1983

Southern Methodist University

B.A. (1980) | English

1977 - 1980

Honors: Cum Laude, Departmental Distinction

Activities: President, English Club

Southern Methodist University

B.S. (1980) | Political Science

1977 - 1980

Honors: Cum Laude

Senior Associate

Underwood Perkins, PC

2021 - Current

Mrs. Reiter is a valued member of the family law section at Underwood Perkins, P.C. She litigates. She mediates. She writes - her articles have been published in National Law Journal, New York Law Journal, Texas Lawyer, and Family Law Magazine. You can read her work at https://www.ResearchGate.Net. In addition to her practice, she's served as an adjunct professor of family law at SMU. Need someone with decades of experience in divorce, characterization, tracing separate property claims, suits affecting the parent child relationship, CPS, parental alienation and reunification? Make the right choice: ELISA REITER.

Solo Practitioner

Law Offices of Elisa Maloff Reiter

1990 - Current

Associate, Family Law Section

Seeligson, Douglass, Falconer, Vanden Eykel, Steinberg and Solomon

1988 - 1989

Associate

Bedsole & Bird

1985 - 1988

Associate

Law Offices of John J. Diggins

1984 - 1985

My Yiddishe Mama: Paralegal Extraordinaire

Jewess Magazine

September, 2017

Are You a Pro or a Rookie?

Dallas Bar Association Family Law Newsletter

April, 2014

Practicing Practically as an Amicus Attorney

Dallas Bar Headnotes

March, 2007

Amicus Attorney: Practicing Practically Under the New Statute

Marriage Dissolution Institute

April, 2005

In Search of the Holy Cow

Mediation Monitor Quarterly

March, 1998

What Every Woman Should Know About Family Law, Northlake College Noon Forum, Dallas, Texas

October 16, 1991

Northlake College

The Power of Privilege, Allied Staff Forum, Grapevine, Texas

October 23, 1991

Charter Hospital, Grapevine

Family Law in the 90s: A Warrior's Perspective, 17th Annual Free Inquiry Convention, Kansas City, Missouri

November 1, 1991

Free Inquiry

The Power of Privilege, Psychiatry Forum, Dallas, Texas

January 17, 1992

Green Oaks Hospital

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Being an Expert Witness, Psychiatric Services, Dallas, Texas

June 28, 1991

St Paul Hospital

Family Law

Texas State Bar

Lifetime Fellow

Texas Bar Foundation

2018

TOP LAWYER

Global Directory, Who's Who

2018

Member

Lawyers of Distinction

2018

Honorary Chair, Legends and Lights Gala

Family Compass

2017

Spirit of Compassion Award

Family Compass

2016

New York State Bar

Member

1999 - Current

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bar

Member

1998 - Current

District of Columbia Bar

Member

1998 - Current

Texas State Bar  # 12871950

Member

1985 - Current

Family Compass

Member, Board of Directors

1999 - 2016

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 1999

Massachusetts

Since 1998

New York

Since 1999

Texas

Since 1985

5th Circuit

Since 1988

U.S. Supreme Court

Since 1991

• Credit Cards Accepted
  Underwood Perkins, P.C. Accepts credit card payments.
• Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
  My rate is $425/hour. I set retainers at consultations. Consultations are charged, based on time incurred.

Q. My ex-wife is scheduling extra-curricular activities for my 12 year old son in Texas after I told her not to. Recourse?

September 7, 2023

A: I encourage parents to do their utmost to put their children first. Part of that process is for parents to confer with frequency about what is going on in their children's lives. Note - I have a bias here, as my 17 year old son is a second-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. The exercise, discipline and courtesy that flow from the study of martial arts are extraordinary. This may be less about harassing you and more about trying to provide your child with focus. Value your new relationship, but prioritize your child.

Q. is there some law or right thats says this is wrong

August 31, 2023

A: Even after the Dobbs decision, a woman has the right to choose. A minor woman would need to work with her parents to obtain a timely abortion. If your girlfriend chooses to have the baby, keeps the baby, and gives you information, you could have the option of signing off on the baby's birth certificate to be designated as the baby's father, or to file a timely declaration of paternity. Use protection/a condom. Actions have consequences. If your girlfriend has the baby, she can file a parentage action, seeking a DNA test if you've not voluntarily stepped up. If you are the dad, you can be held accountable for 18 years of child support, plus maintaining health insurance for the child, prenatal costs for the mom, costs of birthing the baby, and splitting out the child's uninsured health care expenses. Good luck to you. ... Read More

Q. Common law yes or no?

August 23, 2023

A: Under the Texas Family Code, an informal or “common law” marriage may be proved with evidence that:

a declaration of marriage has been signed; or the parties:

agreed to be married, and

after the agreement they cohabitated (lived) together, in Texas, as a married couple, and

represented themselves to others, in Texas, to be married.

All three requirements must occur at the same time, although there is no minimum duration.

Additionally, both members of a couple must be at least 18 years old, must not be related to each other by consanguinity (as defined in Texas Family Code 6.201), and must be legally single. If either party is married to someone else, a new informal marriage does not start until the prior marriage is dissolved, regardless of the couple’s intent and behavior.

Unclear when you divorced and the overlap of the new relationship. Retain counsel. Don't try to represent yourself. Good luck. ... Read More