Andrw Wilburn Russell v. Heather Diane Schriber

Austin, Texas family law lawyers represented the parties in a child custody modification dispute.

Russell and Schriber are the parents of L.J.R., who was eight years old at the time of the modification hearing. In August 2019, Russell filed a suit to establish paternity of L.J.R.



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and an accompanying SAPCR seeking to be appointed L.J.R.'s sole managing conservator. Schriber filed a counter-petition acknowledging that Russell was L.J.R.'s father and requesting that she and Russell be appointed L.J.R.'s joint managing conservators. In December 2019, the court signed an Agreed Order that resolved the parties' competing SAPCRs and addressed issues related to conservatorship and possession and access to L.J.R. Relevant to this appeal, the Agreed Order appointed Russell and Schriber L.J.R.'s joint managing conservators. The Agreed Order also provided for a phased possession schedule for Schriber, with increasing periods of possession dependent on her complying with the provisions of the Agreed Order addressing issues such as parent education, ensuring L.J.R. was properly cared for and attended school regularly and on time, and the method for communications between Russell and Schriber regarding L.J.R. The Agreed Order provided that, during any of the phases, if Schriber failed "to meet any requirement detailed in" the Agreed Order, the time period for the phase started over and Schriber's possession would be pursuant to that phase until she had complied with the requirements for that phase for its entire time period. The Agreed Order also provided that "no party will owe child support to the other party."...



Russell v. Schriber, 03-22-00731-CV (Tex. App. Nov 08, 2024)

Affirmed