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In the Interest of A.D.T., a Child · Child Evidence

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Texas Court of Appeals, Seventh District · 2019

In the Interest of A.D.T., a Child

In the Interest of A.D.T., a Child v. the State of Texas, No. 07-19-00142-CV (Tex. App.—Amarillo Oct 16, 2019)

Holding

On the case's extreme facts, including at least nine moves in eleven months, the court held that frequent moves may constitute significant impairment of a child's physical health or emotional development and may support a material-change custody analysis. It did not adopt a categorical rule that moving or poverty constitutes neglect.

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Subsequent treatment has not been assessed.

Treatment last confirmed August 19, 2026. Case-wide subsequent treatment; human-set. Not specific to any one passage.

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Frequent, destabilizing, and often involuntary residential moves are associated with greater behavioral and emotional difficulties in children, but effects depend on timing, reason, destination, continuity, and support. Moves into safer, more stable, or higher-opportunity environments can be neutral or beneficial.
Evidence: HighConsensus: Established Certified· developmental risk & environment