Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

You desperately need a family law attorney. Try to borrow money to hire one. Look on this website and on www.avvo.com for one that you can afford. If you have applied to Houston Volunteer Lawyers for an attorney (or Lone Star Legal) you might be waiting months for an pro bono attorney. You don't have time to wait.

I doubt that guardianship is an issue - probably family court case and custody is the issue.

If CPS gave the children to the father then you should have the paperwork stating that you cannot see the children and what you need to do to fulfill CPS requirements. CPS can modify their requests at any time. You might end up going through 2 or 3 CPS workers while your case is pending since they don't stay at this type of job long. Keep accurate dairy of who you talk to at CPS, date, time & what was discussed.

His having a criminal background may be irrelevant - if it's for a white collar crime or it's more than 5 years ago, then his criminal background might not be relevant. If he's a registered sex offender, that would be different. You can go to the Criminal Courthouse and with his full legal name and date of birth pull up the criminal convictions against him. Merely being arrested is not enough - he needs to be convicted in order for the court to hear that testimony.

I hope this information has been helpful.