What are the main issues addressed in a divorce case?
If there were children born during the course of the marriage, all issues pertaining to the children must be addressed during divorce proceedings. The first “kid issue” is the title of the parties. In Texas, parents normally will be named joint managing conservators. (Note that we are only discussing the title here, and not any other issue.) The alternative is that one parent will be named as sole managing conservator with the other named possessory conservator. This usually occurs only in circumstances where there is a concern about one party’s parenting abilities or when the parents have such a severely dysfunctional relationship that they cannot make joint decisions which are in the best interest of the children. The second “kid issue” to be resolved involves the rights and duties each parent will have regarding the children. Examples include educational and medical decision-making, or consenting to the marriage or enlistment in the military of the child. In a joint conservatorship
