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The Best Interest of the Child Standard: How Texas Judges Actually Decide Custody

Texas judges decide custody using the Holley factors — a nine-part framework from a 1976 Supreme Court case. Learn what each factor means, how judges weigh them, and how to build your custody case around them.

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