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Section 107 social studies in custody disputes

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 by Felix Rippy

Courts in Williamson and Travis Counties in Texas are looking more and more to Section 107 social studies to provide answers to judges looking to determine custody of children since the legislature outlawed filing choices of conservators by children over the age of 12 as of September of 2009.  Now the way for the voice of the child to be heard is often through these social studies, although even where a social worker recommends one parent over the other, that recommendation is not binding on the Judge and the Judge has gone against that expert recommendation where one side has a worse criminal record than the other side and where the suit is a modification and the child is doing fine with one parent but the social worker just thinks the child could or would do better with the other parent.
Posted at 12:03 PM
Topic: Family Law
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