{"id":2640,"date":"2023-05-05T17:42:30","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T22:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2640"},"modified":"2023-04-21T17:43:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:43:47","slug":"texas-appeals-court-overturns-default-judgment-in-custody-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-overturns-default-judgment-in-custody-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Overturns Default Judgment in Custody Case"},"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\" \/>When a party in a Texas custody case fails to respond or appear, the court may find they defaulted and enter a judgment in favor of the other party.\u00a0 For a court to enter a post-answer default judgment against a party, however, the pleadings must give the party fair notice of the claim.\u00a0 A mother recently challenged a custody modification, arguing that the father\u2019s pleadings did not specifically request the rights awarded to him by the court.<\/p>\n<p>The trial court originally appointed both parents joint managing conservators with the mother having the right to determine the child\u2019s primary residence without a geographic restriction in 2007.\u00a0 The court also granted the father visitation and ordered him to pay child support.<\/p>\n<p>The Office of the Attorney General (\u201cOAG\u201d) filed a petition in 2020, alleging the father\u2019s financial circumstances had changed and seeking an increase in child support.\u00a0 The father requested a hearing, which was set for March 10.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-overturns-default-judgment-in-custody-case\/#more-2640\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a party in a Texas custody case fails to respond or appear, the court may find they defaulted and enter a judgment in favor of the other party.\u00a0 For a court to enter a post-answer default judgment against a party, however, the pleadings must give the party fair notice of the claim.\u00a0 A mother [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2640","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 v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texas Appeals Court Overturns Default Judgment in Custody Case &#8212; 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