Texas Petition to Modify the Parent-Child Relationship (FM-Mod1-100)

Fill in the cause number and court information exactly as they are written on the custody orders or divorce decree that you want the court to modify, and print the initials of each child.

Write the court number for District Court or County Court at Law, and write the county name.

The Petitioner is the person asking the court to change the current court order. Print your full name.

Enter the state where your driver's license was issued and the last three numbers of your driver's license number, or check I do not have a driver's license. Enter the last three numbers of your social security number, or check I do not have a social security number.

Respondents are the people who must get legal notice of this case. Read the modification instructions at www.TexasLawHelp.org/modification-kit for information about who must be listed as a Respondent and given legal notice of this case.

For Respondent A, print the full name and the home address, then check one way you will give legal notice.

Check the first way if you believe Respondent A will sign a Waiver of Service or Answer.

Print the address where a constable should deliver this petition to Respondent A, if that address is different from where they live.

If you cannot find this Respondent and ask that this Respondent be served by publication, you must file an Affidavit for Citation by Publication, and a lawyer may be hired or appointed to serve as attorney ad litem for this Respondent.

Check Mother, Father or Other for Respondent A as the child(ren)'s, and for Other please explain.

There is no Respondent B, C or D when no one else is entitled to notice in this case: skip to Section 8, Information Required if a Party Lives Out-of-State. If there is a Respondent B, C or D, fill out the spaces for that Respondent.

Print the Child's Name, Sex and Child's Date of Birth for each child this case is about.

Print the name of the order that you are trying to modify. Print the date the judge entered your court order. This is either the date when you appeared in court, or the date the judge signed the order. It is usually the earlier date.

Standing is a person's interest in a case that allows them to file a lawsuit. Check all that apply under The law allows me to file this case because I am, for example the child(ren)'s mother, the child(ren)'s father, or listed as a party in the current order and affected by the current order.

Check one. I am not asking to change primary custody. I am asking to change primary custody, but it has been more than one year since the Court made the custody order. I am asking to change primary custody and it has been less than one year since the Court made the custody order, and I understand I must fill out and attach a Declaration in Support of Changing Primary Custody within One Year form to this Petition.

Check one: everyone involved in this case lives in Texas, or someone involved in this case (one of the Respondents or me) does not live in Texas and you attach a completed Out-of-State Party Affidavit to this Petition as an exhibit.

Check all that apply: the law allows the Court to change the current order because the changes will be in the child(ren)'s best interest and the Respondent(s) agree to the changes, or the circumstances of the child(ren), a conservator, or other party affected by the current order have materially and substantially changed since the Court made the current order.

Check all that apply: it has been at least 3 years since the current child support order was made by the Court, and the current monthly child support amount differs by at least 20% or $100 from the monthly child support amount that would be ordered using the Texas Family Code Child Support Guidelines (checked October 29, 2026).

A conservator is someone, usually a parent, who a court says has the legal right to make decisions about the child(ren), and the legal responsibility to care for them. Check one: I do not want to change conservatorship (custody), and skip to section 11, or I ask the Court to change conservatorship (custody) as follows: check a, b, c, d, e, or f.

a. Mother and Father should be Joint Managing Conservators of the child(ren), and if you checked a, check a-1, a-2, or a-3.

Check one. I do not want to change possession and access (visitation), and skip to section 14. I ask the Court to change possession and access (visitation) as follows, and check a, b, c, or d.

a. Father should have standard visitation. b. Mother should have standard visitation. c. Standard visitation would be unworkable.

Check one. I do not want to change current child support, and skip to section 15. I ask the Court to change current child support, and check all that apply.

Father should be ordered to pay more child support or less child support. Mother should be ordered to pay more child support or less child support. Other: describe.

Check all that apply: the child(ren) have Medicaid now or had in the past, or get TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) now or got it in the past. If the child(ren) have ever received Medicaid or TANF, you MUST send a copy of this Petition to the Office of the Attorney General Child Support Division, and you MUST also sign the Certificate of Service on the next page.

You must provide information about any protective order or pending application for protective order involving a party in this case or a child of a party. Check the appropriate boxes and fill in the requested information, if applicable.

You must also attach to this Petition a copy of any protective order (even if it's expired) in which one party or a child of a party was the applicant or victim and another party was the respondent or defendant.

If this petition does not accurately reflect whether there is a protective order, you may have to file a new petition and serve the other parties with it.

Check 21A, No Protective Order, if you do not have a protective order and have not asked for one. Check 21B, Pending Protective Order, if you filed paperwork asking for a protective order, and fill in the name of the party, the date filed, the county, the state and the cause number. Check 21C, Protective Order in Place, if you have a protective order, and fill in the name of the party it is against, the date, the county, the state and the cause number.

I ask that citation and notice be issued as required by law. I ask the Court to make the orders I have asked for in this Petition and any other orders to which I am entitled. I ask for general relief.

Print your full name, your full address, your email address and your phone number.

If the Attorney General is listed as a party on your current order, you must have the Attorney General served by official service of process. Get the Attorney General's contact information from your current order.

Sign the Certificate of Service on the Attorney General only if the child(ren) receive or have received Medicaid or TANF, and bring proof of delivery with you to Court. Add your signature and the Date.