{"id":2753,"date":"2023-09-20T22:17:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T03:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2753"},"modified":"2023-11-20T06:56:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T12:56:20","slug":"texas-fit-parent-presumption-not-applicable-in-certain-modification-proceedings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-fit-parent-presumption-not-applicable-in-certain-modification-proceedings\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Fit Parent Presumption Not Applicable in Certain Modification Proceedings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texas family law has a rebuttable presumption that it is in the child\u2019s best interest for the parents to be appointed joint managing conservators.\u00a0 Additionally, generally a parent must be named sole managing conservator or both parents named joint managing conservators unless there is a finding such appointment would not be in the child\u2019s best interest because it would significantly impair the health or emotional development of the child.\u00a0 Tex. 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Code 153.131.<\/p>\n<p>A maternal great-grandmother recently <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/third-court-of-appeals\/2023-03-22-00100-cv.pdf?ts=1695212539\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appealed<\/a> a modification appointing the father sole managing conservator.<\/p>\n<p>According to the appeals court\u2019s opinion, the parents\u2019 divorce decree in 2016 had named the mother sole managing conservator and the father possessory conservator.\u00a0 A subsequent order appointed both parents temporary joint managing conservators, but gave the great-grandmother sole possession.\u00a0 A subsequent order in 2019 named the mother and great-grandmother joint managing conservators with the great-grandmother having the exclusive right to designate the child\u2019s primary residence.\u00a0 The order stated the father had failed to appear at trial and defaulted.\u00a0 He was appointed possessory conservator.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-fit-parent-presumption-not-applicable-in-certain-modification-proceedings\/#more-2753\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas family law has a rebuttable presumption that it is in the child\u2019s best interest for the parents to be appointed joint managing conservators.\u00a0 Additionally, generally a parent must be named sole managing conservator or both parents named joint managing conservators unless there is a finding such appointment would not be in the child\u2019s best [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,195],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-custody","category-grandparents-visitation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Texas Fit Parent Presumption Not Applicable in Certain Modification Proceedings &#8212; 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