Strength And Solutions For Family And Criminal Law Crises
UCCJEA stands for Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act. Family Code Ch. 152 contains the Texas version of the act. The UCCJEA is designed to give states throughout our country the ability to hear child custody matters that may have originated in other states or even foreign countries. Texas custody laws recognize that the best interests of the child…
Texas Family Code § 153.002 states that the best interest of the child shall always be front and center to the court when determining issues of conservatorship, possession, and access. Divorce law in Texas presumes that naming the child’s parents as joint managing conservators is in his or her best interests, but that is not always the case. In Holley…