{"id":2776,"date":"2023-11-27T19:48:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T01:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2776"},"modified":"2023-12-07T13:15:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T19:15:34","slug":"texas-appeals-court-affirms-custody-modification-despite-mothers-decision-not-to-relocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-affirms-custody-modification-despite-mothers-decision-not-to-relocate\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Affirms Custody Modification Despite Mother&#8217;s Decision Not to Relocate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texas custody orders commonly include geographic restrictions limiting a parent\u2019s ability to relocate the children outside a specified area.\u00a0 Regardless of whether there is a geographic restriction, a parent may seek to prevent the other parent from relocating with the children, often through modification of the custody order to either modify or add a geographic restriction or to change the parent with the exclusive right to designate the children\u2019s primary residence.\u00a0 A mother recently challenged a modification giving the father the right to establish the children\u2019s primary residence after she provided him notice of her intent to move to another county.<\/p>\n<p>According to the appeals court\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/third-court-of-appeals\/2023-03-21-00588-cv.pdf?ts=1700227442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion<\/a>, the parties were appointed joint managing conservators with equal possession in the agreed final divorce decree.\u00a0 The mother was awarded the exclusive right to establish the primary residence for their two children, with a geographic restriction.<\/p>\n<p>Pursuant to the decree, the mother could move the children to Harris or Dallas County if she provided the father six months\u2019 notice of her intent to relocate and if the father successfully \u201csecure[d] a transfer in employment\u201d to that county.\u00a0 She notified him in 2020 that she intended to move to Harris County.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-affirms-custody-modification-despite-mothers-decision-not-to-relocate\/#more-2776\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas custody orders commonly include geographic restrictions limiting a parent\u2019s ability to relocate the children outside a specified area.\u00a0 Regardless of whether there is a geographic restriction, a parent may seek to prevent the other parent from relocating with the children, often through modification of the custody order to either modify or add a geographic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-custody","category-modification"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Appeals Court Affirms Custody Modification Despite Mother&#039;s Decision Not to Relocate &#8212; 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