{"id":2367,"date":"2022-03-13T22:56:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T03:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2367"},"modified":"2022-03-13T22:56:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T03:56:02","slug":"texas-appeals-court-denies-grandmother-standing-in-custody-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-denies-grandmother-standing-in-custody-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Denies Grandmother Standing in Custody Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1366 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/judge-and-gavel-in-courtroom-171096040-583b48533df78c6f6af9f0e3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"judge-and-gavel-in-courtroom-171096040-583b48533df78c6f6af9f0e3-300x225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/judge-and-gavel-in-courtroom-171096040-583b48533df78c6f6af9f0e3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/judge-and-gavel-in-courtroom-171096040-583b48533df78c6f6af9f0e3-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/judge-and-gavel-in-courtroom-171096040-583b48533df78c6f6af9f0e3.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A fit parent generally has the right to determine who has access to the child.\u00a0 In some cases, however, people other than the parents may seek visitation or even custody of the child.\u00a0 When someone other than a parent seeks rights in a Texas case, they must meet certain conditions.\u00a0 In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/grandparent-s-rights.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent case<\/a>, a mother challenged a court\u2019s orders granting possession and access to the child\u2019s paternal grandmother.<\/p>\n<p>According to the appeals court\u2019s opinion, the trial court appointed the parents joint managing conservators and gave the father the exclusive right to determine the child\u2019s primary residence.\u00a0 The teenage parents and child lived with the paternal grandmother for about two years. Several months after the father went to prison, the mother and child moved out.<\/p>\n<h3>Mother Files Suit; Grandmother Intervenes<\/h3>\n<p>The mother petitioned for modification, seeking sole managing conservatorship.\u00a0 The grandmother filed a petition in intervention, asking to be named joint managing conservator with the right to determine the child\u2019s primary residence or possession and access in the alternative.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-denies-grandmother-standing-in-custody-case\/#more-2367\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fit parent generally has the right to determine who has access to the child.\u00a0 In some cases, however, people other than the parents may seek visitation or even custody of the child.\u00a0 When someone other than a parent seeks rights in a Texas case, they must meet certain conditions.\u00a0 In a recent case, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,195,25],"tags":[267,80,68,320,325,496,83,337],"class_list":["post-2367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-custody","category-grandparents-visitation","category-parental-rights","tag-access","tag-conservatorship","tag-custody","tag-fit-parent","tag-grandmother","tag-grandparent","tag-possession","tag-standing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Appeals Court Denies Grandmother Standing in Custody Case &#8212; 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