Good afternoon, I just wanted to see if anyone has some information on custody in Texas. Me and my daughter’s father have joint custody for the past 5 years. I know in our order I’m listed as the primary parent who gets to determine the child’s primary residence, which might not matter in this case. I have since been married to a man in the military who got orders to leave to either Arizona or another city in Texas about 8 hours from where we are now in 2026. If my ex doesn’t agree to the move how does this play out? I am in no way trying to take my daughter from her father. I am willing to meet up for visits and pay for travel so she continues to see her father. But just curious what takes place if he says no. Wanted to ask here since my lawyer doesn’t return my calls.
If he says no, then it will be a court visit. How old is the child? Not that it matters per se, but really - the older the better when you are moving in most cases. I’d assume - even if he takes you to court - you’ll be allowed to move especially if you pay for her to visit or him to fly out.
She’s 8. And we were never married. I didn’t read in the custody agreement that if ‘he’ lives less than 100 miles then we follow the guidelines that we set up which is he gets her during the weekends and I get her weekdays. This was set up to work with his work schedule.
Does your order say anything about relocation? If not, then your ex is going to have to go to court to challenge the relocation. He could reasonably request that primary custody change over to him, especially if the girl is old enough to speak up.
So, it’s not just him… it’s both of you that have to abide by the 100 miles of where the child was born or order was placed. He CAN petition for more custody if you decide to relocate without prior court approval.
Sorry meant to say I did read.
So you need to give him the 90-day notice. And then work out as much visitation as possible.