{"id":1096,"date":"2018-08-22T13:56:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T18:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2018-08-22T13:56:44","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T18:56:44","slug":"changed-circumstances-in-texas-custody-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/changed-circumstances-in-texas-custody-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Changed Circumstances in Texas Custody Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas court generally cannot modify a custody order or parenting plan unless there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances.\u00a0 Sometimes, a parent may seek modification because the other parent&#8217;s actions have created a change in circumstances.\u00a0 Texas law provides examples of potential material changes, including marriage of one of the parents, changes in the home surroundings, and mistreatment of the child by a parent or step-parent.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code Ann. \u00a7 156.101.<\/p>\n<p>A Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/thirteenth-court-of-appeals\/2018-13-16-00373-cv.pdf?ts=1532784922\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appeals court<\/a> recently considered whether a modification allowing the father, rather than the mother, to determine the child\u2019s primary residence was appropriate.\u00a0 In the Texas divorce, the mother was awarded the family home, which was subject to a mortgage in both names.\u00a0 The father paid child support.\u00a0 At the time of the divorce, the child went to daycare while the mother worked, then spent a few hours with the father, and spent the night with his mother.<\/p>\n<p>The mother subsequently started working a night shift.\u00a0 The child continued going to daycare, but then spent both evenings and nights with the father.\u00a0 The mother sold the family home to the father and moved into another home with the child\u2019s maternal grandmother.\u00a0 Soon afterward, she switched to the day shift.\u00a0 She removed the child from daycare and left him with the grandmother during the day.\u00a0 The mother then only allowed the father to see the child on the days specified in the divorce decree, and would deny him access to the child if he was late, even by a few minutes.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/changed-circumstances-in-texas-custody-case\/#more-1096\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas court generally cannot modify a custody order or parenting plan unless there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances.\u00a0 Sometimes, a parent may seek modification because the other parent&#8217;s actions have created a change in circumstances.\u00a0 Texas law provides examples of potential material changes, including marriage of one of the parents, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-custody"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Changed Circumstances in Texas Custody Case &#8212; 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