Legal Question in Family Law in Texas

Re: Teen

If the parent's aren't 'enticing' your child, then they are not the ones at fault here. It is unlikely that a judge will be willing to intervene.

It is more an issue of your control over your teenager. Take her to school, pick her up, bring her home, and make her stay there. Take away the phone and the computer. She might figure out who the boss is.

Re: Teen

This is a rather odd question. Does simply telling her "no" not work?

There must be some other circumstances that are not being explained. Are you and the child's other parent currently divorced? If so, are you a managing conservator of the child or a possessory conservator? Would this visitation or sleepover occur during your possession of the child or during the other parent's possession?

Generally, if this is during your times of possession of the child, you need to be able to control this child without going to the court for such simple matters. If she sneaks out of the house anyway, call the police and let them know where she has gone.

If this is during the other parent's times of possession, the court's order doesn't explicitly prevent the child from going to this particular household, and there isn't some specific danger to the child, you'll just have to put up with it. Your only other option would be to seek modification of the court order governing custody of the child.