{"id":1584,"date":"2020-05-07T11:59:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T16:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1584"},"modified":"2020-05-07T11:59:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T16:59:25","slug":"texas-appeals-court-upholds-court-order-granting-grandparents-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-court-order-granting-grandparents-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Upholds Court Order Granting Grandparents Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"

Under Texas family law, there is a presumption that one or both parents should be named managing conservator of a child in an original suit for custody.\u00a0 If, however, the child\u2019s health or emotional well-being would be significantly impaired, the court may appoint a non-parent if doing so is in the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 This presumption can make it difficult for non-parents to gain custody. A mother recently challenged<\/a> an order giving her child\u2019s paternal grandparents custody.<\/p>\n

She appealed the order that appointed her and the child\u2019s paternal grandparents as joint managing conservators, with the grandparents having the exclusive right to designate the child\u2019s primary residence.\u00a0 The trial court had issued that order following a petition to modify a 2013 order that granted the grandparents possession and access to the child.<\/p>\n

The trial court titled its order \u201cOrder in Suit to Modify Parent-Child relationship.\u201d\u00a0 The court found the child had primarily lived with the grandparents, and they had \u201chad actual care, control, and possession of the child with the voluntary consent of [the mother].\u201d\u00a0 The court also found the mother had been arrested for Battery and Cruelty to a Child in an incident involving her teenage daughter.\u00a0 The court found the mother had a history of drug use and instability.\u00a0 The trial court concluded the mother had relinquished care, control and possession of the child to the grandparents, that appointing her as sole managing conservator or giving her the right to determine the child\u2019s primary residence would significantly impair the child’s physical health or emotional development, and that the modification was in the child\u2019s best interest.<\/p>\n

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Under Texas family law, there is a presumption that one or both parents should be named managing conservator of a child in an original suit for custody.\u00a0 If, however, the child\u2019s health or emotional well-being would be significantly impaired, the court may appoint a non-parent if doing so is in the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,195],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-custody","category-grandparents-visitation"],"yoast_head":"\nTexas Appeals Court Upholds Court Order Granting Grandparents Custody — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — May 7, 2020<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Under Texas family law, there is a presumption that one or both parents should be named managing conservator 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