Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

Re: cohabitation

This is an extremely gray area. What your ex would have to file is a Petition to Modify. A modification hearing is held before a judge, not a jury. Every judge has his own particular standards. There is no law per se on cohabitation, there is a wealth of law on what is in the best interest of the children. You present a very stable, loving, good picture of life for the children. He would present a picture of 'immorality'. Clearly the case would depend upon who was more persuasive, and if the the judge agreed with him on the morality of cohabitation. Bottom line is that your exhusband threat may not be an empty threat, and it would be difficult to predict the outcome of the hearing. TCL