{"id":2985,"date":"2025-03-07T18:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T00:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2985"},"modified":"2025-03-20T11:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:07:41","slug":"texas-appeals-court-vacates-judgment-giving-grandmother-possession-and-access-to-grandchildren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-vacates-judgment-giving-grandmother-possession-and-access-to-grandchildren\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Appeals Court Vacates Judgment Giving Grandmother Possession and Access to Grandchildren"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A party must establish standing to maintain a lawsuit. If the party does not have standing, the court does not have subject-matter jurisdiction.\u00a0 The parties cannot waive subject matter jurisdiction. The Texas Family Code sets forth when a non-parent has standing to pursue access or pursue to a child.\u00a0 A non-parent seeking access or possession of a child must establish standing pursuant to the requirements set forth in the applicable statute.<\/p>\n<p>Chapter 153 of the Texas Family Code sets forth when a grandparent has standing to pursue a claim for access or possession.\u00a0 Pursuant to \u00a7 153.432, a grandparent seeking possession or access must attach an affidavit alleging that denying them possession or access \u201cwould significantly impair the child\u2019s physical health or emotional well-being\u201d and state supporting facts.\u00a0 The court then determines if the facts would be sufficient to support possession or access under \u00a7 153.433 if true. The court may order possession or access under \u00a7 153.433 if at least one parent\u2019s rights have not been terminated, the grandparent proves denying possession or access would significantly impair the child\u2019s health or well-being by a preponderance of the evidence, and the grandparent\u2019s child has been incarcerated for the three months before the petition, is incompetent, is deceased, or does not have possession or access to the child. In a recent case, a father and maternal grandmother each <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/fourth-court-of-appeals\/2025-04-23-00522-cv.pdf?ts=1741182744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appealed<\/a> a court order granting the grandmother possession and access.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grandmother\u2019s Petition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In December 2021, the grandmother petitioned for possession or access to her grandchildren. The father filed a counterpetition, asking for a judgment naming him sole managing conservator. In February 2022, the court rendered temporary orders naming the grandmother a \u201cnonparent\u201d possessory conservator with standard possession.<\/p>\n<p>The trial court granted the grandmother possessory conservatorship after a trial. On the father\u2019s motion, the trial court modified the judgment to remove the grandmother\u2019s designation as \u201cconservator,\u201d but still granting her possession and access.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-appeals-court-vacates-judgment-giving-grandmother-possession-and-access-to-grandchildren\/#more-2985\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A party must establish standing to maintain a lawsuit. If the party does not have standing, the court does not have subject-matter jurisdiction.\u00a0 The parties cannot waive subject matter jurisdiction. The Texas Family Code sets forth when a non-parent has standing to pursue access or pursue to a child.\u00a0 A non-parent seeking access or possession [&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-2985","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 v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Texas Appeals Court Vacates Judgment Giving Grandmother Possession and Access to Grandchildren &#8212; Texas Divorce Attorney Blog &#8212; March 7, 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A party must establish standing to maintain a lawsuit. 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