{"id":2789,"date":"2023-12-21T12:27:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T18:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2789"},"modified":"2024-01-09T09:01:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T15:01:43","slug":"texas-appeals-court-reverses-order-with-exclusive-decision-making-and-no-geographic-restriction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-reverses-order-with-exclusive-decision-making-and-no-geographic-restriction\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Reverses Order with Exclusive Decision-Making and No Geographic Restriction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The relief granted by a court generally must conform to the pleadings of the parties, unless the parties consent to try an issue that was not included in the pleadings.\u00a0 In a recent Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fourteenth-court-of-appeals\/2023-14-22-00949-cv.pdf?ts=1702992463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">custody<\/a> case, a father appealed a court order that he argued not only did not conform to the pleadings, but was also contrary to the court\u2019s findings and not supported by evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The parents lived together for the first two years of the child\u2019s life, but did not get married.\u00a0 The child lived with the mother after they separated.<\/p>\n<p>The father petitioned for appointment as joint managing conservator with the exclusive right to designate the child\u2019s primary residence.\u00a0 He also requested a geographic restriction.\u00a0 Pursuant to a mediated settlement agreement (\u201cMSA\u201d), the court issued temporary orders appointing both parents joint managing conservators with the mother having the exclusive right to designate the child\u2019s primary residence in Fannin and contiguous counties.\u00a0 The temporary orders also gave each parent the right to consent to medical treatment and education, subject to the other parent\u2019s consent.\u00a0 The parents shared visitation under the temporary orders, alternating weeks with the child.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-reverses-order-with-exclusive-decision-making-and-no-geographic-restriction\/#more-2789\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The relief granted by a court generally must conform to the pleadings of the parties, unless the parties consent to try an issue that was not included in the pleadings.\u00a0 In a recent Texas custody case, a father appealed a court order that he argued not only did not conform to the pleadings, but was [&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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-custody"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Appeals Court Reverses Order with Exclusive Decision-Making and No Geographic Restriction &#8212; 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