The Texas Family Code draws a distinction between settlement agreements and mediated settlement agreements. Settlement agreements are governed by section 7.006 of the Family Code, while mediated settlement agreements are subject to section 6.602. Differences Between Types of Agreements The primary distinctions between a settlement agreement and a mediated settlement agreement are that the former can be revised or repudiated by either party before the trial court renders a div

A trial court that changed a 2-2-3 visitation schedule (two weekdays with one parent, two with the other, then alternate weekends) to the standard possession order by temporary orders in a modification proceeding did not abuse its discretion because it did not change “the designation of the person who has the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child,” Tex. Fam. Code § 156.006, when both parents remained joint managing conservators and retained the exclu