{"id":1704,"date":"2020-11-02T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=1704"},"modified":"2020-11-02T10:00:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T16:00:10","slug":"fit-parents-in-texas-decide-if-non-parent-gets-conservatorship-or-possession-of-their-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/fit-parents-in-texas-decide-if-non-parent-gets-conservatorship-or-possession-of-their-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Fit Parents in Texas  Decide If Non-parent Gets Conservatorship or Possession of Their Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parents have fundamental rights to make certain decisions regarding their children.\u00a0 These rights can make it difficult for a non-parent to gain custody or visitation rights to children over the objection of a fit parent in a Texas custody case. \u00a0A Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/second-court-of-appeals\/2020-02-20-00283-cv.pdf?ts=1602818116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">appeals court<\/a> recently held a trial court could not award an unrelated person visitation and access to children when the father was fit.<\/p>\n<p>The father filed for divorce in 2018.\u00a0 The court signed temporary orders naming the mother and father joint managing conservators of the children.<\/p>\n<p>A person who was unrelated to the children, identified as \u201cB.B.,\u201d intervened and requested a temporary restraining order.\u00a0 She alleged the children had been living with her during the case.\u00a0 She claimed the mother had mental health problems and had physically abused one of the children.\u00a0 The court issued a temporary restraining order and ordered the parents not to remove the children from B.B.\u2019s possession until a hearing occurred.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/fit-parents-in-texas-decide-if-non-parent-gets-conservatorship-or-possession-of-their-children\/#more-1704\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents have fundamental rights to make certain decisions regarding their children.\u00a0 These rights can make it difficult for a non-parent to gain custody or visitation rights to children over the objection of a fit parent in a Texas custody case. \u00a0A Texas appeals court recently held a trial court could not award an unrelated person [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-custody"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fit Parents in Texas Decide If Non-parent Gets Conservatorship or Possession of Their Children &#8212; 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