Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

child education

Is there a law in which the joint custody parent have the right to question the other parent from taking a minor child of the age 14 out of school with the other parent knowing it?

And if there is where can file charges aganist that parnent to do so?

what is the rule 11 for ruling if i owe child support?


Asked on 8/07/04, 10:14 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Betsy Lambeth Betsy F. Lambeth

Re: child education

You will need to look at your divorce decree and find where it talks about rights, duties and responsibilies concerning education. It is unclear in your question whether the child was completely withdrawn from school and placed in a different school or whether the parent just took the child out of school for a day. If the child's school was changed completely, this should be governed by your decree. There is no place to "file charges". If the decree states that you have the right to make educational decisions for the child and the other parent unilaterally removed the child from school, then you could file a motion for contempt.

A rule 11 is an agreement reached by both parties to a lawsuit. It is binding the same way a ruling from a judge would be. If you owed child support and you and your ex-spouse reached a rule 11 agreement, that agreement is just as binding as if a judge had made the decision.

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Answered on 8/09/04, 11:21 am


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