{"id":2353,"date":"2022-02-23T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2022-02-20T22:04:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T04:04:39","slug":"texas-court-limits-visitation-due-to-history-of-family-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-limits-visitation-due-to-history-of-family-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Court Limits Visitation Due to History of Family Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1914 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iStock-839381426-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-839381426-300x200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iStock-839381426-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iStock-839381426-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iStock-839381426-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iStock-839381426-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iStock-839381426-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iStock-839381426-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/iStock-839381426-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Texas family law includes a rebuttable presumption that appointing both parents as joint managing conservators is in the child\u2019s best interest. Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 153.131. The presumption can be rebutted upon a finding of a history of family violence.\u00a0 A mother recently <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/eleventh-court-of-appeals\/2022-11-21-00094-cv.pdf?ts=1644499352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">challenged<\/a> a trial court\u2019s order, arguing in part that the court failed to properly apply the presumption.<\/p>\n<h3>Paternity Suit Filed<\/h3>\n<p>The parents were not married when the child was born, but lived together until the father was deployed a few months later. The father did not move back in when he returned from his deployment.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the attorney general petitioned to establish the relationship between the father and the child.\u00a0 The father was adjudicated to be the father and was given the exclusive right to designate the child\u2019s primary residence with a geographic restriction in a temporary order.\u00a0 The mother was given a standard possession order and required to pay child support.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-limits-visitation-due-to-history-of-family-violence\/#more-2353\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas family law includes a rebuttable presumption that appointing both parents as joint managing conservators is in the child\u2019s best interest. Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 153.131. 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