{"id":1139,"date":"2018-10-20T12:12:48","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T17:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2021-09-30T13:38:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:38:47","slug":"alienation-and-the-childs-best-interest-in-texas-custody-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/alienation-and-the-childs-best-interest-in-texas-custody-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Alienation and the Child&#8217;s Best Interest in Texas Custody Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas custody order can generally only be modified if there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances and if the modification is in the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 Texas courts have developed a non-exhaustive list of nine factors to be considered to determine the best interest of the child.\u00a0 In some cases, a parent seeks modification because of attempted alienation by the other parent.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/first-court-of-appeals\/2018-01-17-00436-cv.pdf?ts=1539865983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent case<\/a>, both parents sought modification of the original custody order.\u00a0 Under the original agreed \u00a0order, both parents were joint managing conservators, the child lived with the mother, and the father had visitation rights.\u00a0 The mother had the exclusive right to determine the child\u2019s domicile and direct his education.\u00a0 The parents shared the right to direct the child\u2019s medical and psychiatric care.\u00a0 The child was to be transferred for visitation at a designated location.<\/p>\n<p>According to the opinion, the mother began refusing to transfer the child unless a police officer was present.\u00a0 The father filed suit to change the transfer location to a police department.\u00a0 The mother petitioned for supervised visitation with the father and to be named the sole managing conservator.\u00a0 The father sought the exclusive right to determine domicile.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/alienation-and-the-childs-best-interest-in-texas-custody-cases\/#more-1139\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas custody order can generally only be modified if there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances and if the modification is in the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 Texas courts have developed a non-exhaustive list of nine factors to be considered to determine the best interest of the child.\u00a0 In some cases, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1139","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>Alienation and the Child&#039;s Best Interest in Texas Custody Cases &#8212; 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