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\"iStock-1175949984-300x200\"When the trial court appoints joint managing conservators in a Texas custody case, it must identify who has the right to determine the child\u2019s primary residence with or without a geographic restriction.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code Ann. \u00a7 153.134(b). The court must consider the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 The court may also modify the terms and conditions of the child\u2019s conservatorship if doing so is in the child\u2019s best interest.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code Ann. \u00a7 156.101.<\/p>\n

A father recently challenged<\/a> a trial court\u2019s modification order adding a geographic restriction broader than that he requested.\u00a0 In the original order establishing the parent-child relationship, both parents were named joint managing conservators, with the mother having the right to determine the child\u2019s primary residence without any geographic restriction.\u00a0 Both parents lived in Kerr County at the time.<\/p>\n

Father Seeks to Modify Prior Order<\/h3>\n

The father subsequently sought modification of the order to give him extended visitation and add a geographic restriction of Kerr County.\u00a0 The trial court ultimately granted the extended visitation and added a geographic restriction of Kerr, Atascosa, and Bexar counties and counties contiguous to Kerr.<\/p>\n

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When the trial court appoints joint managing conservators in a Texas custody case, it must identify who has the right to determine the child\u2019s primary residence with or without a geographic restriction.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code Ann. \u00a7 153.134(b). 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