This is the question I probably get asked more than any other, and it usually comes with a lot of hope attached to it. My daughter is thirteen and she wants to live with me. Doesn’t that settle it? I want to answer this carefully, because there’s a real legal mechanism here and it matters, … Read more
Child support modification is one of the few places in Texas family law where the legislature gave you a genuinely simple path, and hardly anybody uses it. Most people assume they have to prove a material and substantial change, they can’t figure out how to prove one, and they never file. There’s a second door, … Read more
Here’s a scenario I see several times a year, and it never stops being painful. Somebody comes to me eight months after their order was signed. Things have gone badly at the other parent’s house, they’ve got real concerns, and they filed a modification asking to become the primary parent. And the court denied it … Read more
If you are trying to modify custody, possession, or child support in Texas, there is one phrase you need to get comfortable with: material and substantial change. Texas Family Code section 156.101 requires it, and I see people lose modification cases constantly because they walk into court with a story instead of evidence of an … Read more
If your ex keeps filing modification after modification and nothing ever actually changes except your legal bills, I want you to know there is a real tool in the Texas Family Code for that, and most pro se litigants have no idea it exists. Section 156.005 of the Family Code says that if the court … Read more
If you’re trying to modify custody or possession in Texas, there’s one phrase you need to understand before you ever file anything: material and substantial change in circumstances. That’s the standard under Texas Family Code Section 156.101, and it’s a much higher bar than most people expect. The Case That Explains Why “Things Are Different … Read more
To modify a Texas family law order, you must prove a material and substantial change in circumstances. Learn what that standard really means, what qualifies, and how to build your modification case the right way.
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