Texas Family Code

§ 153.503 — ABDUCTION PREVENTION MEASURES

FA § 153.503Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Ch. 153. CONSERVATORSHIP, POSSESSION, AND ACCESS · Art. I. PREVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION

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If the court finds that it is necessary under Section 153.501 to take measures to protect a child from international abduction by a parent of the child, the court may take any of the following actions:

(1)appoint a person other than the parent of the child who presents a risk of abducting the child as the sole managing conservator of the child;

(2)require supervised visitation of the parent by a visitation center or independent organization until the court finds under Section 153.501 that supervised visitation is no longer necessary;

(3)enjoin the parent or any person acting on the parent's behalf from:

(A)disrupting or removing the child from the school or child-care facility in which the child is enrolled; or

(B)approaching the child at any location other than a site designated for supervised visitation;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 612, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.