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Child custody determinations are complex when parents and other eligible custodians agree on what is in the best interests of the children involved. When adults differ on who should make legal decisions for children and where children should spend their time, the situation can quickly escalate, becoming hostile for those involved.
Choosing experienced Bastrop legal counsel can help keep your child custody case focused on the most critical participants in any custody matter, the children. At Evans Family Law Group, our Bastrop Family Law Specialists will guide you through your child custody dispute, whether it arises from paternity, grandparent custody, divorce, guardianship, or modification case.
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In Texas, child custody is called conservatorship. In a conservatorship, there are several different roles that parents can fill. These include the primary conservator, managing conservator, and possessing conservator. These roles are assigned based on the best interests of the child or children involved in the case.
The primary conservator in Texas is the parent who decides the child’s primary residence and who typically receives child support. This parent is the child’s physical custodian.
The managing conservator makes all of the major legal decisions for the child, including giving any medical consent for treatment. Parents may share the role of managing conservators, this is referred to as joint legal custody. In rare cases, one parent may hold legal decision-making power alone. In such situations, this parent is the sole legal custodian.
The possessory conservator is the parent who has visitation with the child according to a court-ordered visitation schedule. This parent generally pays child support to the other parent.
James W. Evans is a board-certified family law attorney and the founder of Evans Family Law Group. With over 25 years of experience, he has built a reputation as a trusted advocate for Texas families navigating divorce, custody, and complex family law matters.
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Texas presumes children benefit from having both parents actively involved in their lives. Therefore, in most cases, the court typically awards parents joint managing conservators of their children. This is also known as joint custody.
When most people refer to sole custody, they are actually talking about where the child lives most of the time. However, this is known as primary conservatorship, not sole custody in Texas. Sole custody generally means that a parent has both primary conservator status and is the managing conservator, meaning that they are the only person with the legal right to make decisions for the child. In Texas, it is very rare for parents to be awarded sole custody.
Even in cases involving sole custody, however, the other parent may be granted rights to visitation time.
Parents are not the only relatives with child custody interests. Often, grandparents have child custody concerns and desire to obtain custody rights. There are cases where this is an appropriate action and in the best interests of the children in question.
To determine if you have legal custody rights to someone else’s children, speak with an experienced attorney in Bastrop County.
At Evans Family Law Group, our child custody attorneys can help you with any facet of Texas child custody law. Not only are we experienced divorce and child custody modification attorneys, but we can also serve you in any of the following:
Contact our Bastrop County office now to schedule your appointment and learn more about how we can serve you in any family law dispute.
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