Parents facing custody decisions often ask:
These complex questions demand solutions tailored to your family’s unique dynamics. Our child custody attorneys provide clarity while fiercely protecting parental rights.
Texas family courts prioritize your child’s well-being above all else when establishing custody arrangements. Key factors considered include:
We help present compelling evidence demonstrating how your proposed custody arrangement serves these critical benchmarks.
We put you and your family first! Whether you are facing divorce, seeking adoption, or have a child custody case, you can rely on our legal team. Contact us today for a case review or legal consultation.
Texas custody orders (“parenting plans“) address three core components:
For special circumstances—such as high-conflict parents, special needs children, or long-distance co-parenting—we build customized provisions into your parenting plan.
Life changes, and so can child custody orders. As children grow and parents’ circumstances shift—new jobs, remarriage, or changes in school schedules—your original custody arrangement may no longer fit. Texas law allows modifications when it serves the child’s best interests, whether that means adjusting parenting schedules, changing the primary residence, or modifying child support obligations.
Parents, and in some cases grandparents or other non-parents, may petition the court for changes. However, modifications require proof of a material and substantial change in circumstances, the child’s preference if they are over 12, or voluntary relinquishment of custody by the primary parent.
Some modifications are straightforward, such as updating support after three years if income has changed. Others are more complex, like changing the primary residence within the first year of an order. In those cases, the requesting parent must meet stricter requirements, including showing the child’s environment endangers their physical or emotional well-being.
Because the legal standards are high, working with an experienced custody lawyer is critical. At Mims Ballew Hollingsworth, our team regularly helps parents pursue or defend custody modifications and ensures that both children’s needs and parental rights are fully protected.
We handle challenging scenarios requiring specialized approaches:
When your child’s stability
is at stake, experience matters. We:
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When parents can agree on who their children will live with, how to share in rights and decision making, and a parenting time schedule, the Court will often approve this agreement. If parents cannot agree, then the Judge will make custody decisions based on what they believe is in the best interest of the children.
The following factors are frequently considered by Courts in determining a child’s best interest: parenting abilities, plans for the child, home stability, your child’s desires, your child’s emotional and physical needs, and whether there is a concern of emotional and physical danger to your child.
Custody orders in Texas are referred to as a parenting plan. The parenting plan addresses issues such as who your child will live with, what rights each parent has, where your child will go to school, and how the parents will share possessions. The parenting plan can be very detailed and address concerns or issues unique to your child. If a parent has problems with drugs or alcohol, this can be addressed in your parenting plan to assure the safety of your child. If your child has special needs, these can be addressed in your parenting plan to assure that your child is properly provided for.
This page has been written, edited, and reviewed by a team of legal writers following our comprehensive editorial guidelines. This page was approved by Founding Partner, Constance Mims who has over 15 years of experience practicing exclusively family law. Mrs. Mims is Board Certified in Family Law, by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
