{"id":1209,"date":"2019-01-15T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2021-09-30T13:38:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:38:45","slug":"geographic-restriction-in-designating-primary-residence-in-texas-custody-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/geographic-restriction-in-designating-primary-residence-in-texas-custody-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Geographic Restriction in Designating Primary Residence in Texas Custody Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A custodial parent sometimes wishes to move away following a Texas child custody case.\u00a0 Although some parents may want to get the child away from the other parent, there are often legitimate reasons for a parent to want to move.\u00a0 The primary consideration in the litigation of relocation issues is the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 Although the Texas family law statutes do not set forth how a court should determine the child\u2019s best interests, the Texas Supreme Court has stated courts should consider the public policies listed in Tex. 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Code Ann. \u00a7 153.001.\u00a0 Texas has a public policy of assuring frequent and continuing contact with parents who act in the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 There is also a public policy to provide a safe and stable environment for the child.\u00a0 Finally, Texas has a policy to encourage parents to share the rights and duties of raising the child after separation or divorce.<\/p>\n<p>A father recently <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fourth-court-of-appeals\/2018-04-17-00594-cv.pdf?ts=1545917746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">challenged<\/a> a divorce decree that allowed the mother to designate the child\u2019s primary residence without regard to location.\u00a0 The couple\u2019s child was born in June 2011 and they stopped living together as husband and wife in August of the same year.\u00a0 The mother filed for divorce in 2015, alleging the child\u2019s father had committed adultery.\u00a0 She also alleged he left her with the intention of abandonment and had stayed away for at least a year.\u00a0 The trial court named the mother joint managing conservator with the right to designate the child\u2019s primary residence without any geographic limitations.\u00a0 The court also ordered the father to pay child support.<\/p>\n<p>The father appealed, arguing in part that the trial court abused its discretion by not placing a geographic limitation on the child\u2019s primary residence because the mother planned to move to Colorado.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/geographic-restriction-in-designating-primary-residence-in-texas-custody-cases\/#more-1209\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A custodial parent sometimes wishes to move away following a Texas child custody case.\u00a0 Although some parents may want to get the child away from the other parent, there are often legitimate reasons for a parent to want to move.\u00a0 The primary consideration in the litigation of relocation issues is the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 Although [&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-1209","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>Geographic Restriction in Designating Primary Residence in Texas Custody Cases &#8212; 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