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Compassionate child custody services

In Texas, most courts favor one parent being designated as a primary resident in child custody cases. If you need help with your custody case, get in touch with The Law Office of Chuck Smith, PLLC. We'll offer you compassionate assistance.

Unless there is a history of parental misconduct, like domestic abuse, you will generally receive joint managing conservatorship of your child. This means you'll share the right to make important decisions about your child's life, including where they live. However, the child may also be appointed a sole managing conservatorship or possessed conservator instead of being placed with a primary parent.

If you are the non-primary parent, you're generally responsible for child support and an organized visitation schedule. However, in extreme cases, parent visitation rights can be restricted, supervised, or denied based on his / her conduct toward his / her child or the other parent.

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Factors the court takes into consideration

• Whether or not the child's physical, psychological, and emotional needs and development will benefit from the proposed arrangement
• The parents' abilities to make their child's welfare their first priority, and reach shared decisions that are in the child's best interests
• Whether both parents can encourage a positive relationship between the child and the other parent
• Whether or not both parents participated in raising the child before the divorce or custody action
• The geographical proximity of both parents' residences
• The child's preference, if the child is at least 12 years old
• Any other factor the court deems relevant