{"id":2028,"date":"2021-03-28T14:09:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T19:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2028"},"modified":"2021-03-28T14:09:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T19:09:22","slug":"texas-custody-modification-upheld-despite-conflicting-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-custody-modification-upheld-despite-conflicting-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Custody Modification Upheld Despite Conflicting Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2031 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-1139699594.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-1139699594\" width=\"2121\" height=\"1414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-1139699594.jpg 2121w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-1139699594-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-1139699594-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-1139699594-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-1139699594-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-1139699594-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-1139699594-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-1139699594-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2121px) 100vw, 2121px\" \/>When a court considers Texas child custody and visitation, the child\u2019s best interest is the primary concern.\u00a0 The court considers certain factors, including what the child wants, the child\u2019s current and future needs, any danger to the child, the parents\u2019 respective abilities, programs available, the parents\u2019 plans for the child, stability, any acts or omissions indicating the relationship between the parent and child is not proper, and any excuse for those acts or omissions.<\/p>\n<p>A father <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/ninth-court-of-appeals\/2021-09-20-00042-cv.pdf?ts=1616145748\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently<\/a> appealed a denial of his petition for modification and grant of the mother\u2019s counterpetition.\u00a0 At the time of the divorce, the trial court ordered the parties not to move from a specific area without a modification order or written agreement filed with the court.\u00a0 Neither parent was given the exclusive right to designate the child\u2019s primary residence.\u00a0 Nonetheless, both parents moved outside of the geographical boundary after the divorce.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-custody-modification-upheld-despite-conflicting-evidence\/#more-2028\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a court considers Texas child custody and visitation, the child\u2019s best interest is the primary concern.\u00a0 The court considers certain factors, including what the child wants, the child\u2019s current and future needs, any danger to the child, the parents\u2019 respective abilities, programs available, the parents\u2019 plans for the child, stability, any acts or omissions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,162,303,258,25],"tags":[88,338,304,302,81,326,45,339,6,71,328],"class_list":["post-2028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-custody","category-coparenting","category-evidence","category-modification","category-parental-rights","tag-child-custody","tag-discretion","tag-evidence","tag-family-law","tag-modification","tag-parental-duties","tag-parental-rights","tag-primary-residence","tag-same-sex-marriage","tag-texas","tag-texas-family-code"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texas Custody Modification Upheld Despite Conflicting Evidence &#8212; 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