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Tex. Fam. Code § 153.001

PUBLIC POLICY

Applied in 73 court decisions — leading case In the Interest of J.F.C. (2002)

Most recently applied in in the Interest of M.T.R., a Child v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (May 2019)

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff

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(a) The public policy of this state is to:

(1) assure that children will have frequent and continuing contact with parents who have shown the ability to act in the best interest of the child;

(2) provide a safe, stable, and nonviolent environment for the child; and

(3) encourage parents to share in the rights and duties of raising their child after the parents have separated or dissolved their marriage.

(b) A court may not render an order that conditions the right of a conservator to possession of or access to a child on the payment of child support.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.