During the divorce process, parents often disagree on custody and visitation issues, referred to under Texas law as conservatorship and possession. At Springer & Lyle, we guide our clients so they have a better understanding of what impact the child’s wishes will have on the final decision of the family law judge. Children 12-Years Old or Older On the motion of either party, or motion by the amicus attorney for the child, or on the court’s own motion, according to Texas Law, the court “shall” interview the child privately in chambers. The court will determine “the child’s wishes … [Read more...]
What If Your Child Doesn’t Want to Visit the Other Parent?
If you are the parent with whom your child lives, it can be extremely upsetting to have your child claim that he or she does not want to visit the other parent. The child may cry when the parent arrives for visitation and refuse to even get in the car. You may be tempted to cancel the visitation. Your sympathy will obviously be with your child. You wonder if something serious has happened when the child was with the other parent, causing you some anguish and resistance to requiring visitation. But court ordered visitation cannot be canceled by one parent without risking serious … [Read more...]