{"id":1391,"date":"2019-08-21T12:46:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T17:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2021-09-30T13:38:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:38:40","slug":"mental-health-problems-in-texas-custody-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/mental-health-problems-in-texas-custody-cases\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health Problems in Texas Custody Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texas divorce cases are never easy, but can become even more complicated when one or both parents have mental health problems.\u00a0 Mental health problems may, but do not necessarily, affect a parent\u2019s competence to testify or participate in the proceedings.\u00a0 Depending on the nature of the mental health problems, they may also affect the parent\u2019s ability to care for the child.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fourth-court-of-appeals\/2019-04-18-00454-cv.pdf?ts=1563365776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent case<\/a>, a mother challenged a trial court\u2019s order appointing the father as sole managing conservator.\u00a0 According to the appeals court\u2019s opinion, the husband filed for divorce when the child was just eight months old.\u00a0 The trial court issued a temporary order appointing both parents temporary managing conservators.\u00a0 The father was working in Las Vegas at the time and was granted possession on weekends when he was in San Antonio, with the mother having the child the rest of the time.\u00a0 Both parents were ordered to participate in psychological evaluations.<\/p>\n<p>The court limited the mother\u2019s contact with the child to supervised visits after receiving the psychological evaluations.\u00a0 The child was to live with his paternal grandmother in San Antonio, but granted the father possession when he was in San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/mental-health-problems-in-texas-custody-cases\/#more-1391\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas divorce cases are never easy, but can become even more complicated when one or both parents have mental health problems.\u00a0 Mental health problems may, but do not necessarily, affect a parent\u2019s competence to testify or participate in the proceedings.\u00a0 Depending on the nature of the mental health problems, they may also affect the parent\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","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>Mental Health Problems in Texas Custody Cases &#8212; 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