Texas Residence Restrictions

Issue: H and W lived in Collin County until W filed for divorce. At Temp. Hrng., W won permission to move the two small children to West Texas to live with her parents, claiming that H had been abusive. H was represented at that time by another attorney.
Result: Won "residence restriction/move back.” After Temp. Hrng., H hired me to take over the case. On final trial months later, even though children had been living in West Texas and going to school there for a number of months, I persuaded the judge to order W to move children back to Collin county and share custody with H.

Issue: Case in Dallas County, involving an infant. W was from a northern state, and had come to Texas briefly to live with H near his family. W returned to her home state when marriage didn't work out.
Result: Won "residence restriction/move back." We filed immediately so that Texas could be claimed as home state. We had hearing and court ordered W to return the child to Texas.

Issue: Sole Managing Conservator/Mother asked for a jury trial in an attempt to persuade the jury to allow her to move the parties' child out of the state.
Result: Won jury trial. I won joint custody for the father, despite evidence of his having committed family violence, which would have disqualified him from being appointed. The jury did not allow the Mother and her spouse to move out of the state with the child.

Issue: Mother requested jury trial in an attempt to persuade the jury to allow her to move the parties’ child to the foreign country where she was from.
Result: Won jury trial. Father was awarded joint custody and the jury denied his ex-wife's request to move the child out of the country.