{"id":2595,"date":"2023-02-14T12:44:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T18:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2595"},"modified":"2023-02-13T12:48:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T18:48:31","slug":"texas-court-rejects-mothers-request-to-modify-relocation-restrictions-in-recent-divorce-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-rejects-mothers-request-to-modify-relocation-restrictions-in-recent-divorce-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Court Rejects Mother\u2019s Request to Modify Relocation Restrictions in Recent Divorce Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2026 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-902725964-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"iStock-902725964-300x200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-902725964-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-902725964-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-902725964-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-902725964-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-902725964-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-902725964-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-902725964-180x120.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>When a judge finalizes a Texas divorce involving the custody of children, they will determine which parent has the right to determine where the child will live. However, courts will almost always place certain restrictions on that parent\u2019s ability to relocate. While a relocation restriction may not immediately be an issue for a parent with primary custody, that may change if they obtain employment elsewhere in the state or decide to move for other reasons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MOTHER UNSUCCESSFULLY SEEKS MODIFICATION ORDER TO PERMIT RELOCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/texas\/fifth-court-of-appeals\/2023\/05-21-00882-cv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion<\/a> issued by the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas, the court rejected a mother\u2019s request to modify a divorce decree that placed restrictions on her ability to relocate as well as her rights to travel internationally with her son. According to the court\u2019s opinion, Mother and Father divorced in November 2016. At that time, the court gave Mother the right to determine where the child would live, provided it was within Dallas County, Collin County, or Southlake Independent School District. The divorce decree also required either parent to provide written notice to the other if they intended to travel outside the United States with their son.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2017, Mother married a man who lived in Oklahoma. Mother started to spend as much time as possible in Oklahoma, and she would often take her son. Subsequently, Mother sought modification of the initial divorce decree in hopes of being able to relocate. Father filed a counter-petition, hoping to be named as their son\u2019s conservator so he could keep the child in Dallas County, Collin County, or Southlake Independent School District.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-rejects-mothers-request-to-modify-relocation-restrictions-in-recent-divorce-appeal\/#more-2595\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a judge finalizes a Texas divorce involving the custody of children, they will determine which parent has the right to determine where the child will live. However, courts will almost always place certain restrictions on that parent\u2019s ability to relocate. While a relocation restriction may not immediately be an issue for a parent with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,4,258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child-custody","category-divorce","category-modification"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Court Rejects Mother\u2019s Request to Modify Relocation Restrictions in Recent Divorce Appeal &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; February 14, 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When a judge finalizes a Texas divorce involving the custody of children, they will determine which parent has the right to determine where the child will &#8212; February 14, 2023\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-court-rejects-mothers-request-to-modify-relocation-restrictions-in-recent-divorce-appeal\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Texas Court Rejects Mother\u2019s Request to Modify Relocation Restrictions in Recent Divorce Appeal &#8212; 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