{"id":2989,"date":"2025-03-21T16:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T21:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2989"},"modified":"2025-03-31T09:23:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T14:23:19","slug":"mothers-spouse-challenges-adjudication-of-biological-father-as-childs-parent-in-texas-custody-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/mothers-spouse-challenges-adjudication-of-biological-father-as-childs-parent-in-texas-custody-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother’s Spouse Challenges Adjudication of Biological Father as Child’s Parent in Texas Custody Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parental rights of same-sex couples can be complex.\u00a0 A Texas appeals court recently considered a case in which the mother\u2019s spouse who had been named as a parent on the child\u2019s birth certificate challenged a court order for genetic testing and a subsequent order adjudicating the child\u2019s biological father as the child\u2019s parent.<\/p>\n

According to the appeals court<\/a>, C.B. and the child\u2019s mother got married in 2017. The mother gave birth to the child in November 2018.\u00a0 C.B. and the mother told hospital staff they were the child\u2019s parents and were both listed on the birth certificate. They lived and raised the child together until the mother petitioned for divorce in 2021.<\/p>\n

The mother listed the child as a child of the marriage in her original petition, but subsequently amended the petition. In the amended petition, she denied C.B. was the child\u2019s parent and identified another person, identified by the court as \u201cC.H.,\u201d as an \u201cadditional [r]espondent.\u201d C.H. filed an answer claiming to be the child\u2019s biological father.<\/p>\n

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Parental rights of same-sex couples can be complex.\u00a0 A Texas appeals court recently considered a case in which the mother\u2019s spouse who had been named as a parent on the child\u2019s birth certificate challenged a court order for genetic testing and a subsequent order adjudicating the child\u2019s biological father as the child\u2019s parent. 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