{"id":2981,"date":"2025-02-25T21:23:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T03:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2981"},"modified":"2025-02-26T07:52:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:52:43","slug":"independent-medical-decision-making-in-texas-custody-case-involving-child-with-special-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/independent-medical-decision-making-in-texas-custody-case-involving-child-with-special-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Medical Decision-Making in Texas Custody Case Involving Child with Special Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In some Texas custody cases, parents may not agree on the best medical treatment for a child, especially a child with complex special needs.\u00a0 Courts sometimes give each parent the authority to make decisions regarding medical treatment during their periods of possession, but this can become complicated when the parents cannot agree on appropriate treatment.\u00a0 In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fifth-court-of-appeals\/2025-05-23-00928-cv.pdf?ts=1740491558\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">case<\/a>, a father appealed a divorce decree that allowed each parent to make decisions regarding non-invasive treatment during their respective periods of possession.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Medical Decision Making<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The parties\u2019 divorce decree gave the mother the exclusive right to enroll their younger child in school and gave both parents the authority to consent to non-invasive medical treatment during their possession.\u00a0 The father appealed these two issues.\u00a0 Although the parties had two children, only the younger child was subject to the appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The father argued that allowing each parent the right to decide whether to administer medication to the child during their possession was not in the child\u2019s best interest.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/independent-medical-decision-making-in-texas-custody-case-involving-child-with-special-needs\/#more-2981\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In some Texas custody cases, parents may not agree on the best medical treatment for a child, especially a child with complex special needs.\u00a0 Courts sometimes give each parent the authority to make decisions regarding medical treatment during their periods of possession, but this can become complicated when the parents cannot agree on appropriate treatment.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,162],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-custody","category-coparenting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Independent Medical Decision-Making in Texas Custody Case Involving Child with Special Needs &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; February 25, 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In some Texas custody cases, parents may not agree on the best medical treatment for a child, especially a child with complex special needs.\u00a0 Courts &#8212; February 25, 2025\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/independent-medical-decision-making-in-texas-custody-case-involving-child-with-special-needs\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Independent Medical Decision-Making in Texas Custody Case Involving Child with Special Needs &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; February 25, 2025\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"In some Texas custody cases, parents may not agree on the best medical treatment for a child, especially a child with complex special needs.\u00a0 Courts &#8212; February 25, 2025\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kelly McClure\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Independent Medical Decision-Making in Texas Custody Case Involving Child with Special Needs &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; February 25, 2025","description":"In some Texas custody cases, parents may not agree on the best medical treatment for a child, especially a child with complex special needs.\u00a0 Courts &#8212; February 25, 2025","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/independent-medical-decision-making-in-texas-custody-case-involving-child-with-special-needs\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Independent Medical Decision-Making in Texas Custody Case Involving Child with Special Needs &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; February 25, 2025","twitter_description":"In some Texas custody cases, parents may not agree on the best medical treatment for a child, especially a child with complex special needs.\u00a0 Courts &#8212; February 25, 2025","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kelly McClure","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/independent-medical-decision-making-in-texas-custody-case-involving-child-with-special-needs\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/independent-medical-decision-making-in-texas-custody-case-involving-child-with-special-needs\/"},"author":{"name":"Kelly McClure","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d242451d01f4b8ae44c765b4296b15f1"},"headline":"Independent Medical Decision-Making in Texas Custody Case Involving Child with Special Needs","datePublished":"2025-02-26T03:23:01+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-26T13:52:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/independent-medical-decision-making-in-texas-custody-case-involving-child-with-special-needs\/"},"wordCount":1086,"articleSection":["Child Custody","coparenting"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/independent-medical-decision-making-in-texas-custody-case-involving-child-with-special-needs\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/independent-medical-decision-making-in-texas-custody-case-involving-child-with-special-needs\/","name":"Independent Medical Decision-Making in Texas Custody Case Involving Child with Special Needs &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; February 25, 2025","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-02-26T03:23:01+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-26T13:52:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d242451d01f4b8ae44c765b4296b15f1"},"description":"In some Texas custody cases, parents may not agree on the best medical treatment for a child, especially a child with complex special needs.\u00a0 Courts &#8212; February 25, 2025","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/independent-medical-decision-making-in-texas-custody-case-involving-child-with-special-needs\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/independent-medical-decision-making-in-texas-custody-case-involving-child-with-special-needs\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/independent-medical-decision-making-in-texas-custody-case-involving-child-with-special-needs\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Independent Medical Decision-Making in Texas Custody Case Involving Child with Special Needs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/","name":"Texas Divorce Attorney Blog","description":"Published by Texas Collaborative &amp; Family Attorney \u2014 McClure Law Group","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/d242451d01f4b8ae44c765b4296b15f1","name":"Kelly McClure","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f9a434392857fa0f1c071557d1e298705df5691bd0750001911a213a4279014?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f9a434392857fa0f1c071557d1e298705df5691bd0750001911a213a4279014?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f9a434392857fa0f1c071557d1e298705df5691bd0750001911a213a4279014?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kelly McClure"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/kelly-mcclure.html"],"url":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/author\/mcclurelaw2\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2982,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981\/revisions\/2982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}