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A court can modify a Texas custody or visitation order if the modification would be in the child\u2019s best interest and there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances since the prior order was rendered.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. Code \u00a7 156.101(a)(1)(A).\u00a0 Whether a material and substantial change in circumstances has occurred is a fact-specific question.<\/p>\n

In a recent case<\/a>, a father challenged the modification of his child\u2019s custody.<\/p>\n

The parties divorced when their child was seven years old.\u00a0 According to the appeals court, the divorce decree named both parents joint managing conservators with a \u201cWeek-On\/ Week-Off\u201d schedule.\u00a0 It imposed a geographic restriction limiting the child\u2019s primary residence within a particular school district.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A court can modify a Texas custody or visitation order if the modification would be in the child\u2019s best interest and there has been a material and substantial change in circumstances since the prior order was rendered.\u00a0 Tex. Fam. 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