Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

Urgent! What age does a child have to be to go to court to choose which parent to live with in Texas? The child in question is 15.


Asked on 3/24/15, 5:52 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
TC Langford Langford Law Office

A child never gets to actually choose. Not unless they are 18 year-old adults. Once a child turns 12, it is permissible to advise the court what their preference is for a primary parent, and it is one factor of many that the court considers when deciding what is in that child's best interest.

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Answered on 3/25/15, 1:34 pm


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