Texas law provides the parent in possession with certain rights. The law also encourages healthy co-parenting that is in the best interest of the child.
So does that simply mean if your child has a dance recital during your visitation period, you’re in the right to keep her from going? No, not exactly. It means that if that dance recital is something you knew about in advance, and it is important to the child, that you take her and support her instead of blasting the child’s expectation to show her development and progress in that activity.
Judges like problem-solving parents, not problem-creating parents. If a judge sees an abuse of discretion in either overloading the child with activities that interfere with the visitation period of the other parent, or sees abuse of discretion in non-support of the child in a reasonable extracurricular event or practice, they may modify the court order in the best interest of the child to cure any abuse of discretion.
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