Visitation & Parenting Time in Austin

Parenting-Time Strategies Built Around Your Family

We help Austin parents address visitation rights through strategies tailored to their circumstances and long-term goals. Since opening in 2020, Cofer & Connelly, PLLC has represented clients in Austin and throughout Texas in matters involving parenting time, child custody, and parental rights.

Our client-focused, negotiation-centered approach begins with understanding the existing family relationships and the terms a parent wants to establish or change. Our legal team brings more than 100 years of combined experience and has handled over 300 jury trials across our broader practice, providing substantial courtroom experience when disputes require litigation.

How Possession, Conservatorship & Parenting Plans Work Together

Texas law generally uses possession and access to describe a parent’s court-ordered time with a child. Conservatorship concerns parental rights and decision-making authority. Our Austin child custody attorneys explain that distinction and address sole managing conservatorship and joint managing conservatorship arrangements.

A Texas parenting plan must address core issues such as:

• The designation of the primary conservator
• Parenting-time and holiday schedules
• Provisions supporting the child’s welfare

A plan may also address how parents communicate and handle discipline. We examine these terms together because a possession schedule operates within the broader parenting plan and conservatorship order.

Establishing, Modifying & Enforcing Visitation Rights in Austin

The appropriate path depends on the existing custody circumstances, court orders, and requested relief. When a child resides in Travis County, conservatorship and possession matters are filed in a Travis County district court.

The general court process can include:

• Reviewing the current custody circumstances and any existing orders
• Preparing and filing the appropriate request
• Providing legally required notice
• Presenting the issues at scheduled hearings
• Complying with the court’s final instructions

A modification asks the court to change an existing order when a parent seeks different possession terms. Our legal services include modifications. An enforcement request asks the court to address alleged noncompliance, such as interference with parenting time required by an existing possession order. The proper approach depends on the order, the family’s circumstances, and the relief requested.

Discuss Your Parenting-Time Concerns with Our Firm

We offer free consultations to discuss visitation rights, a requested modification, or concerns about compliance with a possession order. Virtual consultations are also available, and our contact form provides another way to reach us.

We can review your circumstances, explain the issues that may shape your next steps, and develop an approach focused on your family’s long-term needs.