{"id":2501,"date":"2022-10-13T18:57:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T23:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2501"},"modified":"2022-10-05T19:02:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T00:02:34","slug":"texas-appeals-court-denies-mothers-challenges-to-custody-modification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-denies-mothers-challenges-to-custody-modification\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Denies Mother&#8217;s Challenges to Custody Modification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1899 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-182358076-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-182358076-300x200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-182358076-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-182358076-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/iStock-182358076.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A court may modify a child\u2019s conservatorship if there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances and the change is in the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 A mother recently challenged a court\u2019s modification of her child\u2019s conservatorship.<\/p>\n<p>According to the appeals court\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/seventh-court-of-appeals\/2022-07-22-00081-cv.pdf?ts=1662207494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion<\/a>, the parents divorced following the mother\u2019s affair with a married man.\u00a0 The divorce decree named the parents joint managing conservators with neither having the exclusive right to designate the daughter\u2019s primary residence.\u00a0 The decree also incorporated an agreement for visitation, custody, and child support.\u00a0 Eleven months later they both sought modification.<\/p>\n<h3>Changed Circumstances Since Divorce?<\/h3>\n<p>The mother married the man with whom she had the affair.\u00a0 He had two children and a new baby with the mother. The police were twice called to the home due to arguments between the mother and stepfather. The mother and stepfather also separated twice, once for around three months and another time for a single night.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-denies-mothers-challenges-to-custody-modification\/#more-2501\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court may modify a child\u2019s conservatorship if there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances and the change is in the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 A mother recently challenged a court\u2019s modification of her child\u2019s conservatorship. According to the appeals court\u2019s opinion, the parents divorced following the mother\u2019s affair with a married man.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-custody","category-modification"],"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 Mother&#039;s Challenges to Custody Modification &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; October 13, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A court may modify a child\u2019s conservatorship if there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances and the change is in the child\u2019s best &#8212; 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