18, eff. Many divorced parents opt for an SPO instead of crafting their own customized possession schedule. Sec. (d) The actions of a parenting coordinator or parenting facilitator under this section do not constitute the practice of law. This section of the Family Code provides a way for a child who is at least twelve years old to express their wishes about which parent they will live with and other aspects of visitation. (c) It is preferable for all children in a family to be together during periods of possession. Family Code, is amended by adding Section 153.3115 to read as follows: Sec. Text of subsection as added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. (B) the possessory conservator shall return the child to the residence of the managing conservator at the end of each period of possession, except that the order shall provide that the possessory conservator shall surrender the child to the managing conservator at the end of each period of possession at the residence of the possessory conservator if: (i) at the time the original order or a modification of an order establishing terms and conditions of possession or access the possessory conservator and the managing conservator lived in the same county, the possessory conservator's county of residence remains the same after the rendition of the order, and the managing conservator's county of residence changes, effective on the date of the change of residence by the managing conservator; or. 2, eff. The Court ORDERS that in this Possession Order the conservators are called Parent A and . 916 (H.B. April 20, 1995. 1113 (H.B. EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN TITLE IV-D PROCEEDINGS. A parenting facilitator shall submit a written report to the court and to the parties as ordered by the court. September 1, 2007. The Standard Possession Order says that if the parents don't agree, the noncustodial parent has the right to possession of the child at the times provided for in Texas Family Code 153.3171 if the parents live within 50 miles of one another (starting with cases filed on or after September 1, 2021). 553), Sec. 236, Sec. 14, eff. the child is under 3 and the noncustodial parent did not have frequent, ongoing . (e) A parenting facilitator may not serve in any other professional capacity at any other time with any person who is a party to, or the subject of, the suit in which the person serves as parenting facilitator, or with any member of the family of a party or subject.
Parenting Time Schedule | Office of the Attorney General Sec. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 153.076. 153.255. The appointment of joint managing conservators does not impair or limit the authority of the court to order a joint managing conservator to pay child support to another joint managing conservator. 252), Sec. 153.314 Texas Family Code - FAM 153.314. DEFINITIONS. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. (B) approaching the child at any location other than a site designated for supervised visitation; (4) order passport and travel controls, including controls that: (A) prohibit the parent and any person acting on the parent's behalf from removing the child from this state or the United States; (B) require the parent to surrender any passport issued in the child's name, including any passport issued in the name of both the parent and the child; and. The term does not include National Guard or Reserve annual training. (b) A parenting facilitator appointed under this subchapter shall comply with the standard of care applicable to the professional license held by the parenting facilitator in performing the parenting facilitator's duties. Sec. 260), Sec. HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL ABUSE. 751, Sec. REPORT OF PARENTING COORDINATOR. ACCESS TO CERTAIN RECORDS BY NONPARENT JOINT MANAGING CONSERVATOR. (c-1) The notice required to be made under Subsection (b-1) must be made as soon as practicable but not later than: (1) the 30th day after the date the conservator establishes residence with the person who is the subject of the final protective order, if the notice is required by Subsection (b-1)(1); (2) the 90th day after the date the final protective order was issued, if the notice is required by Subsection (b-1)(2); or. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. June 15, 2007. 751, Sec. (b) The report may not be admitted in evidence in a subsequent suit. (B) specifies that the conservator may designate the child's primary residence without regard to geographic location; (2) specifies the rights and duties of each parent regarding the child's physical care, support, and education; (3) includes provisions to minimize disruption of the child's education, daily routine, and association with friends; (4) allocates between the parents, independently, jointly, or exclusively, all of the remaining rights and duties of a parent provided by Chapter 151; (5) is voluntarily and knowingly made by each parent and has not been repudiated by either parent at the time the order is rendered; and. April 2, 2015. (a) If the court appoints the conservator without the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child under Section 153.703(a)(1), the court may award visitation with the child to a designated person chosen by the conservator with the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child. 20, Sec. Holiday Possession Unaffected by Distance Parents Reside Apart Current as of April 14, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff Welcome to FindLaw's Cases & Codes, a free source of state and federal court opinions, state laws, and the United States Code.
50 Miles Apart or Less | Office of the Attorney General 555), Sec. 1 (S.B. 1, eff. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. Unless limited by court order or other provisions of this chapter, a nonparent, a licensed child-placing agency, or the Department of Family and Protective Services appointed as a managing conservator of the child has the following rights and duties: (1) the right to have physical possession and to direct the moral and religious training of the child; (2) the duty of care, control, protection, and reasonable discipline of the child; (3) the duty to provide the child with clothing, food, shelter, education, and medical, psychological, and dental care; (4) the right to consent for the child to medical, psychiatric, psychological, dental, and surgical treatment and to have access to the child's medical records; (5) the right to receive and give receipt for payments for the support of the child and to hold or disburse funds for the benefit of the child; (6) the right to the services and earnings of the child; (7) the right to consent to marriage and to enlistment in the armed forces of the United States; (8) the right to represent the child in legal action and to make other decisions of substantial legal significance concerning the child; (9) except when a guardian of the child's estate or a guardian or attorney ad litem has been appointed for the child, the right to act as an agent of the child in relation to the child's estate if the child's action is required by a state, the United States, or a foreign government; (10) the right to designate the primary residence of the child and to make decisions regarding the child's education; (11) if the parent-child relationship has been terminated with respect to the parents, or only living parent, or if there is no living parent, the right to consent to the adoption of the child and to make any other decision concerning the child that a parent could make; and. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 2, eff. 20, Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017. INTERVIEW OF CHILD IN CHAMBERS. A parenting coordinator shall submit a written report to the court and to the parties as often as ordered by the court. (a) It is a rebuttable presumption that a parenting coordinator is acting in good faith if the parenting coordinator's services have been conducted as provided by this subchapter and the Ethical Guidelines for Mediators described by Section 153.606(f). PARENTING PLAN NOT REQUIRED IN TEMPORARY ORDER. (a) The court shall determine the required qualifications of a parenting coordinator, provided that a parenting coordinator must have experience working in a field relating to families, have practical experience with high-conflict cases or litigation between parents, and: (A) a bachelor's degree in counseling, education, family studies, psychology, or social work; or, (B) a graduate degree in a mental health profession, with an emphasis in family and children's issues; or. 29, eff. (c) A person who participates in parenting facilitation is not a patient as defined by Section 611.001, Health and Safety Code, and no record created as part of the parenting facilitation that arises from the parenting facilitator's duties is confidential. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. The best interest of the child shall always be the primary consideration of the court in determining the issues of conservatorship and possession of and access to the child. (a) A nonparent appointed as a managing conservator of a child shall each 12 months after the appointment file with the court a report of facts concerning the child's welfare, including the child's whereabouts and physical condition. Sept. 1, 2003. September 1, 2009. 149), Sec. 1, eff. 2, eff. The court may limit the rights and duties of a parent appointed as a conservator if the court makes a written finding that the limitation is in the best interest of the child. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 153.6031. Section 153.609 applies to a parenting facilitator in the same manner as provided for a parenting coordinator, except that a person appointed in accordance with Section 153.609(d) to act as a parenting facilitator must meet the minimum qualifications prescribed by Section 153.6101. June 17, 2011. 153.314. The court may also interview a child in chambers on the court's own motion for a purpose specified by this subsection. April 20, 1995. CHILD LESS THAN THREE YEARS OF AGE. The parenting facilitator may be required to testify in any proceeding relating to or arising from the duties of the parenting facilitator, including as to the basis for any recommendation made to the parties that arises from the duties of the parenting facilitator. (c) The notice required to be made under Subsection (b) must be made as soon as practicable but not later than the 40th day after the date the conservator of the child begins to reside with the person or the 10th day after the date the marriage occurs, as appropriate. (b) A parenting facilitator shall keep a detailed record regarding meetings and contacts with the parties, attorneys, or other persons involved in the suit. COURT TO SPECIFY RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF PARENT APPOINTED A CONSERVATOR. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. In this subchapter: (A) a process of alternative dispute resolution conducted in accordance with Section 153.0071 of this chapter and Chapter 154, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; or. 153.374. The order may provide that the parties not be required to have face-to-face contact and that the parties be placed in separate rooms during the parenting coordination. 260), Sec. April 20, 1995. (3) the 30th day after the date the final protective order was issued, if the notice is required by Subsection (b-1)(3). (e) It is a rebuttable presumption that it is not in the best interest of a child for a parent to have unsupervised visitation with the child if credible evidence is presented of a history or pattern of past or present child neglect or abuse or family violence by: (2) any person who resides in that parent's household or who is permitted by that parent to have unsupervised access to the child during that parent's periods of possession of or access to the child. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. September 1, 2017. If you're affected by a possession order and you'd like to learn more, please call our office at 800-929-1725 for an appointment. (d) An individual appointed as a parenting coordinator may not serve in any nonconfidential capacity in the same case, including serving as an amicus attorney, guardian ad litem, child custody evaluator, or adoption evaluator under Chapter 107, as a friend of the court under Chapter 202, or as a parenting facilitator under this subchapter. 1012), Sec.
Legislative Changes Go Into Effect! - Home - State Bar of Texas Family Courts in Texas presume that a Standard Possession Order is in the best interests of the children. 1181 (H.B. 1012), Sec. 2, eff. 153.375. (a) Subject to the prohibition in Section 153.004, unless the court finds that appointment of the parent or parents would not be in the best interest of the child because the appointment would significantly impair the child's physical health or emotional development, a parent shall be appointed sole managing conservator or both parents shall be appointed as joint managing conservators of the child. 153.606. 153.002. Sec. APPOINTMENT OF POSSESSORY CONSERVATOR. (b) A conservator must make an election under Subsection (a) before or at the time of the rendition of a possession order. (d) The court may not allow a parent to have access to a child for whom it is shown by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) there is a history or pattern of committing family violence during the two years preceding the date of the filing of the suit or during the pendency of the suit; or. (b) A hearing under this section shall, if possible, take precedence over other suits affecting the parent-child relationship not involving a conservator who has been ordered to military deployment, military mobilization, or temporary military duty. (ii) is not appointed under another statute or a rule of civil procedure. (a) In a suit affecting the parent-child relationship, the court may, on its own motion or on a motion or agreement of the parties, appoint a parenting coordinator or assign a domestic relations office under Chapter 203 to appoint an employee or other person to serve as parenting coordinator. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: . Sec. (b) If a conservator of a child requests the court to order periods of electronic communication with the child under this section, the court may award the conservator reasonable periods of electronic communication with the child to supplement the conservator's periods of possession of the child. 9, eff. 1, eff. Sec. Sec. (d-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the court may allow a parent to have access to a child if the court: (1) finds that awarding the parent access to the child would not endanger the child's physical health or emotional welfare and would be in the best interest of the child; and. (2) "Family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. The Court ORDERS that this Modified Possession Order starts immediately and applies to all periods of possession occurring on and after the date the Court signs the Order to which the Modified Possession Order is attached. 1036, Sec. BEGINNING AND ENDING POSSESSION TIMES FOR PARENTS WHO RESIDE 50 MILES OR LESS APART.
Texas Family Code - FAM 153.314 | FindLaw 2, eff. September 1, 2007. 9, Sec. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 20, Sec. September 1, 2007. 1. 2. Sept. 1, 2003. April 2, 2015. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. DUTY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION. 1012), Sec. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. (d) This section does not preclude the parties from requesting the appointment of a parenting coordinator to resolve parental conflicts. 733 (H.B. 86 (S.B. 3, eff. 153.701. (a) A parent may designate a competent person, the Department of Family and Protective Services, or a licensed child-placing agency to serve as managing conservator of the child in an unrevoked or irrevocable affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights executed as provided by Chapter 161. 10, eff. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 6, eff. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. Sec. (b) The court may not appoint a parenting facilitator unless, after notice and hearing, the court makes a specific finding that: (1) the case is a high-conflict case or there is good cause shown for the appointment of a parenting facilitator and the appointment is in the best interest of any minor child in the suit; and. 9, Sec. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. (4) if the managing conservator gives the possessory conservator written notice by April 15 of each year or gives the possessory conservator 14 days' written notice on or after April 16 of each year, the managing conservator may designate one weekend beginning not earlier than the day after the child's school is dismissed for the summer vacation and ending not later than seven days before school resumes at the end of the summer vacation, during which an otherwise scheduled weekend period of possession by the possessory conservator will not take place, provided that the weekend designated does not interfere with the possessory conservator's period or periods of extended summer possession or with Father's Day if the possessory conservator is the father of the child. (d) The court may not consider the availability of electronic communication as a factor in determining child support. 4, eff. 1. (3) the terms and conditions of conservatorship and possession of and access to the child. (2) decline appointment in the suit unless, after the disclosure, the parties and the child's attorney, if any, agree in writing to the person's appointment as parenting facilitator. PUBLIC POLICY. 153.371. Sept. 1, 1999. (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), the court shall render an order adopting the provisions of a written agreed parenting plan appointing the parents as joint managing conservators if the parenting plan: (1) meets all the requirements of Subsections (a)(2) through (6); and. (b) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the court may remove the parenting facilitator in the court's discretion. Aug. 30, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. June 17, 2011. 3145), Sec. A recommendation authorized by this subsection does not affect the terms of an existing court order. 5, eff. 1113 (H.B. The burden of proof at a hearing under this subsection is on the party seeking to avoid rendition of an order based on the arbitrator's award. (b) The proposed joint resolution or statement of intent is not an agreement unless the resolution or statement is: (1) prepared by the parties' attorneys, if any, in a form that meets the applicable requirements of: (A) Rule 11, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure; (B) a mediated settlement agreement described by Section 153.0071; (C) a collaborative law agreement described by Section 153.0072; (D) a settlement agreement described by Section 154.071, Civil Practice and Remedies Code; or. DUTIES OF PARENT NOT APPOINTED CONSERVATOR. 1036, Sec. Standard & Expanded Possession Order Calendar in Texas (2022) Updated: Jan 3, 2022 A standard possession order is defined by the Texas Family Code Section 153.252 and is intended to protect the best interest of the children. (3) a final order described by Section 155.001(b). Texas Family Code - FAM 153.317. For purposes of this subsection, "family" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.003. 153.009. SUBCHAPTER C. PARENT APPOINTED AS SOLE OR JOINT MANAGING CONSERVATOR. (c) The temporary order for visitation must provide that: (1) the designated person under this section has the right to possession of the child for the periods and in the manner in which the conservator without the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child is entitled under the court order in effect immediately before the date the temporary order is rendered; (2) the child's other conservator and the designated person under this section are subject to the requirements of Section 153.316, with the designated person considered for purposes of that section to be the possessory conservator; (3) the designated person under this section has the rights and duties of a nonparent possessory conservator under Section 153.376(a) during the period that the person has possession of the child; and. 12(1), eff. 99 (S.B. (b) In rendering an order appointing joint managing conservators, the court shall: (1) designate the conservator who has the exclusive right to determine the primary residence of the child and: (A) establish, until modified by further order, a geographic area within which the conservator shall maintain the child's primary residence; or. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1, eff. 09-2021) Page 1 of 10 Standard Possession Order . VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF POSSESSION REBUTS PARENTAL PRESUMPTION. Sec. Summer, holidays, and special days. 484 (H.B. (e) If the parties have been ordered by the court to attempt to settle parenting issues with the assistance of a parenting facilitator and are unable to settle those issues, the parenting facilitator may make recommendations, other than recommendations regarding the conservatorship of or possession of or access to the child, to the parties and attorneys to implement or clarify provisions of an existing court order that are consistent with the substantive intent of the court order and in the best interest of the child who is the subject of the suit. The possessory conservator and the managing conservator shall have rights of possession of the child as follows: (1) the possessory conservator shall have possession in even-numbered years, beginning at 6 p.m. on the day the child is dismissed from school for the school's spring vacation and ending at 6 p.m. on the day before school resumes after that vacation, and the managing conservator shall have possession for the same period in odd-numbered years; (A) gives the managing conservator written notice by April 1 of each year specifying an extended period or periods of summer possession, the possessory conservator shall have possession of the child for 30 days beginning not earlier than the day after the child's school is dismissed for the summer vacation and ending not later than seven days before school resumes at the end of the summer vacation, to be exercised in not more than two separate periods of at least seven consecutive days each, with each period of possession beginning and ending at 6 p.m. on each applicable day; or. 751, Sec. 1012), Sec. 2, eff. 1, eff. Sec. 261), Sec. The court shall specify the duties of the conservators to provide transportation to and from the transportation facilities.
The Expanded Standard Possession Order for Child Custody (b) If the conservator described by Subsection (a) petitions the court under Subsection (a), the court: (1) shall compute the periods of possession or access to the child described by Subsection (a)(1); and.
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