{"id":2060,"date":"2021-05-09T12:57:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T17:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2060"},"modified":"2021-05-07T16:10:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T21:10:32","slug":"successor-judge-had-authority-to-reform-judgment-in-texas-parental-adjudication-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/successor-judge-had-authority-to-reform-judgment-in-texas-parental-adjudication-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Successor Judge Had Authority to Reform Judgment in Texas Parental Adjudication Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1399 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/BSgavelx1200-768x432-1.jpg\" alt=\"BSgavelx1200-768x432-1\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/BSgavelx1200-768x432-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/BSgavelx1200-768x432-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/BSgavelx1200-768x432-1-213x120.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>The trial court in a Texas family law case has only a limited ability to change its judgment once its plenary power expires.\u00a0 Generally, plenary power lasts for thirty days from the date the final judgment is signed, but it may be extended if the court overrules certain motions or modifies the judgment while it still has plenary power.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/first-court-of-appeals\/2021-01-19-00287-cv.pdf?ts=1619526077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent case<\/a>, a mother challenged the court\u2019s authority to reform the judgment.\u00a0 According to the appeals court\u2019s opinion, she had petitioned for the adjudication of the parentage of her child.\u00a0 Both the mother and the alleged father sought an order adjudicating him to be the child\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<p>The parties reached a partial agreement and went to trial on the remaining issues.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/successor-judge-had-authority-to-reform-judgment-in-texas-parental-adjudication-case\/#more-2060\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trial court in a Texas family law case has only a limited ability to change its judgment once its plenary power expires.\u00a0 Generally, plenary power lasts for thirty days from the date the final judgment is signed, but it may be extended if the court overrules certain motions or modifies the judgment while it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,16,25,13,206],"tags":[88,63,359,300,356,357,332,12,14,355,358,328],"class_list":["post-2060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-custody","category-child-support","category-parental-rights","category-paternity","category-trial","tag-child-custody","tag-child-support","tag-correct","tag-father","tag-judgment","tag-modify","tag-new-trial","tag-parentage","tag-paternity","tag-rendition","tag-revise","tag-texas-family-code"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Successor Judge Had Authority to Reform Judgment in Texas Parental Adjudication Case &#8212; 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