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\"judge-and-gavel-in-courtroom-171096040-583b48533df78c6f6af9f0e3-300x225\"A Texas conservatorship order may be modified if doing so is in the child\u2019s best interest and there\u2019s been a material and substantial change in circumstances.\u00a0 When a parent seeks modification, the other parent may file a counter-petition seeking their own modification.\u00a0 In a recent case, a mother appealed a modification order in favor of the father after she had petitioned for modification.<\/p>\n

According to the appeals court\u2019s opinion<\/a>, when the parties divorced, the trial court approved their agreement to be joint managing conservators with 50\/50 custody.\u00a0 The mother petitioned for modification, seeking primary custody and educational decision-making.\u00a0 \u00a0The father also sought appointment as primary conservator. He asked for modification allowing him to impose reasonable discipline and to limit the mother\u2019s phone contact during his possession.<\/p>\n

The mother pointed to the father\u2019s allowing the son to stay alone, behavior at sporting events, storage of a gun, and a text message asking her to pick up the children because \u201che was done\u201d with them.<\/p>\n

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A Texas conservatorship order may be modified if doing so is in the child\u2019s best interest and there\u2019s been a material and substantial change in circumstances.\u00a0 When a parent seeks modification, the other parent may file a counter-petition seeking their own modification.\u00a0 In a recent case, a mother appealed a modification order in favor of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-custody","category-modification"],"yoast_head":"\nTexas Appeals Court Upholds Child-Custody Modification — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — January 12, 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Texas conservatorship order may be modified if doing so is in the child\u2019s best interest 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