{"id":2896,"date":"2024-10-06T20:20:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T01:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2896"},"modified":"2024-11-08T10:28:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T16:28:18","slug":"texas-appeals-court-upholds-custody-order-treating-children-differently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-custody-order-treating-children-differently\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Upholds Custody Order Treating Children Differently"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texas custody cases involving multiple children can be complex, because the children may not have the same needs.\u00a0 In a <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fifth-court-of-appeals\/2024-05-23-00590-cv.pdf?ts=1727980440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent<\/a> case, a father challenged a modification that gave the mother rights with regard to the youngest child that he was awarded for the older two children.<\/p>\n<p>The parents got married in 2006 and divorced in 2017.\u00a0 They had three children.\u00a0 In the agreed divorce decree, both parents were named joint managing conservators with shared possession of the children.\u00a0 In November 2020, the father petitioned for modification, alleging a material and substantial change in circumstances related to one child\u2019s emotional health and welfare. He subsequently amended the petition to alleged the same regarding another of the children, and ultimately filed an amended petition seeking relief for all three of the children.<\/p>\n<p>The court held a bench trial and signed a partially handwritten memorandum, with a note that the mother\u2019s attorney would draft the final order.\u00a0 Although the memorandum was entered in early November 2022, the parties did not receive it until April 2023.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-upholds-custody-order-treating-children-differently\/#more-2896\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas custody cases involving multiple children can be complex, because the children may not have the same needs.\u00a0 In a recent case, a father challenged a modification that gave the mother rights with regard to the youngest child that he was awarded for the older two children. 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