{"id":1509,"date":"2020-01-29T09:30:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T15:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2021-09-30T13:38:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:38:37","slug":"texas-court-cant-deny-petition-for-modification-of-conservatorship-for-no-material-change-without-evidentiary-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-cant-deny-petition-for-modification-of-conservatorship-for-no-material-change-without-evidentiary-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Court Can&#8217;t Deny Petition for Modification of Conservatorship for No Material Change without Evidentiary Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A court may modify a Texas custody order only in certain circumstances.\u00a0 One of the most common reasons to modify an order is that there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances since the previous order and a modification is in the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 Whether a material and substantial change has occurred is a question of fact. The party seeking modification has the burden of proving a material and substantial change has occurred.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/first-court-of-appeals\/2020-01-18-00736-cv.pdf?ts=1579083234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent case<\/a>, a father challenged denial of his petition for modification because he had not been allowed to present evidence to support it.\u00a0 A 2010 order named the parents joint managing conservators, with the mother having the exclusive right to designate the child\u2019s primary residence.<\/p>\n<p>The child moved in with his father, his paternal grandmother and his step-grandfather following his mother\u2019s death in 2015.\u00a0 The grandparents filed a petition to modify the 2010 custody order based on the mother\u2019s death, as well as the father\u2019s behaviors they claimed significantly impaired the child\u2019s safety and well-being.\u00a0 The grandparents asked to be named temporary joint managing conservators with the right to designate the child\u2019s primary residence.\u00a0 They also asked the father be denied access to the child, or alternatively, that his access to the child be supervised.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-cant-deny-petition-for-modification-of-conservatorship-for-no-material-change-without-evidentiary-hearing\/#more-1509\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court may modify a Texas custody order only in certain circumstances.\u00a0 One of the most common reasons to modify an order is that there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances since the previous order and a modification is in the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 Whether a material and substantial change has occurred [&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-1509","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>Texas Court Can&#039;t Deny Petition for Modification of Conservatorship for No Material Change without Evidentiary Hearing &#8212; 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