{"id":958,"date":"2018-03-15T14:12:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T19:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texasdivorceattorneyblog.com\/?p=958"},"modified":"2018-03-15T14:12:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T19:12:14","slug":"modification-of-a-texas-custody-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/modification-of-a-texas-custody-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Modification of a Texas Custody Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To provide some stability for children, Texas allows for the modification of a conservatorship order only if the modification is in the child\u2019s best interest, and there has been a material and substantial change in the circumstances of the child, a conservator, or another party affected by the order.\u00a0 Texas law does not provide guidelines as to what qualifies as a material and substantial change.\u00a0 The party seeking the modification must show the material and substantial change.In a recent Texas child custody <a href=\"https:\/\/cases.justia.com\/texas\/seventh-court-of-appeals\/2018-07-16-00289-cv.pdf?ts=1519478388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">case<\/a>, the mother appealed a modification of the conservatorship order.\u00a0 When the parties divorced, the trial court appointed both parents as join managing conservators of the two children.\u00a0 The court gave the mother the exclusive right to designate the primary residence within a specified geographic area.\u00a0 The father was ordered to pay child support.<\/p>\n<p>About two years later, the mother moved the children to another county within the geographic area.\u00a0 The Attorney General moved to enforce the support and to transfer venue to the county where the children were living.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/modification-of-a-texas-custody-order\/#more-958\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To provide some stability for children, Texas allows for the modification of a conservatorship order only if the modification is in the child\u2019s best interest, and there has been a material and substantial change in the circumstances of the child, a conservator, or another party affected by the order.\u00a0 Texas law does not provide guidelines [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-custody"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Modification of a Texas Custody Order &#8212; 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