Child Custody 101 (continued, part 4)

Tessmer Tips 2012 for May 28th through June 8th continue with the focus on Child Custody: 


Day 1:  

Tessmer Tips are continuing through the Texas Family Code, discussing child custody issues.  If you know someone that is having problems with custody arrangements, please share our link so they can receive this   up-to-date information.

Day 2:   

If you are not appointed a managing or possessory conservator of your child, the court can still order you to perform other parental duties, including paying child support.

Day 3:  

Each parent is required to share significant information concerning the health, education and welfare of the child.

Day 4:  

If you want to live with or marry a registered sex offender or someone charged with a sex offense, you are required to inform the other parent of your child as soon as practicable.

Day 5:   

It is a rebuttable presumption that the appointment of the parents of a child as joint managing conservators is in the best interest of the child.

Day 6: 

A finding of family violence involving the parents or a parent of the child removes the presumption that the appointment of the parents as joint managing conservators is in the best interest of the child.

Day 7:  

Written agreed parenting plans must designate which parent has the exclusive right to determine the primary residence of the child and whether or not that residence is limited by geographic restriction.

Day 8:  

Written agreed parenting plans must specify the rights and duties of each parent, must be agreed to by each parent and must be in the best interest of the child.

Day 9:  

The designation of “Joint Managing Conservator” does not require equal or nearly equal periods of possession … it simply means that both parents have periods of access to the child.

Day 10:  

Tessmer Law Firm, PLLC is providing information regarding Chapter 153 of the Texas Family code, which deals with Conservatorship, Possession and Access.  If you have any questions that have not been answered, please email us at info@tessmerlawfirm.com or call 210-368-9708 for an appointment.