Texas Family Code

§ 153.709 — ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF POSSESSION OR ACCESS

FA § 153.709Title 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. L. MILITARY DUTY

Statute text

View on source

(a)Not later than the 90th day after the date a conservator without the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child who is a member of the armed services concludes the conservator's military deployment, military mobilization, or temporary military duty, the conservator may petition the court to:

(1)compute the periods of possession of or access to the child to which the conservator would have otherwise been entitled during the conservator's deployment; and

(2)award the conservator additional periods of possession of or access to the child to compensate for the periods described by Subdivision (1).

(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

(2)may award to the conservator additional periods of possession of or access to the child for a length of time and under terms the court considers reasonable, if the court determines that:

…

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 727 (S.B. 279), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1113 (H.B. 1012), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2009.