Family Law Modifications

Texas child and divorce agreement modifications

DivorceLife is full of changes.  What happens when a perfectly solid divorce or child custody order no longer works because situations or relationships change?  That is when you turn to the Dallas-Fort Worth family law firm of Branch & Tenorio, Attorneys at Law.  We have years of experience at both petitioning for and defending against divorce or child agreement modifications. 

Family law modification circumstances in Texas

The main legal consideration of the courts in Texas regarding divorce decree modifications, child support modifications, or child custody modifications is whether the court believes that there has been a substantial or material change in circumstances.

Situations a Texas judge may deem substantial enough to justify a change or modification to an existing divorce orders or child support orders include—

  • Significant changes in financial status, including unemployment
  • Improving or decaying relationships
  • Custodial parent relocation
  • Criminal convictions of a parent
  • Changes in a parent's physical or mental health
  • Changes in a child's physical or mental health
  • Changes in a child's growth or maturity
  • Change in a child's education or extracurricular activities
  • Change in a spouse's marital status
  • Name changes
  • Sanctions for non-payment of child support

If you need assistance in modifying your divorce orders, custody orders, or child support orders, please contact the dedicated and experienced family law attorneys at Branch & Tenorio.  If you are not sure whether or not you need a modification, you may meet with us for legal counsel regarding your unique situation.  We offer a free initial consultation.

Enforcing and modifying child support and conservatorship

When a Texas court creates orders regarding child support or conservatorship (child custody), those orders are not set in stone.  At any point before your child is emancipated, either parent can petition the court to change the amount of child support, or who is responsible to pay it.  Similarly, a parent can petition for changes in the durations or frequency of child visitation. 

Since modifications can be difficult to acquire, it is best not to assume that an existing order can simply be modified later.  Instead, choose an attorney who can strongly assert your rights the first time. 

The family law attorneys at Branch & Tenorio have a long history with the family law courtrooms and judges in Dallas County and in the surrounding counties of the greater Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.  We leverage these longstanding relationships to defend and protect your existing child support and conservatorship agreements, or push through changes when the original agreement did not fairly represent your interests, or when circumstances change, necessitating modifications.

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For a legal consultation or representation on family law modifications in Tarrant, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, and Johnson counties, and throughout Texas, contact us to speak to the dedicated family law attorneys at Branch & Tenorio.

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