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Tex. Fam. Code § 153.135

EQUAL POSSESSION NOT REQUIRED

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case London v. London (2002)

Most recently applied in Blackwell v. Humble (December 2007)

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

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Joint managing conservatorship does not require the award of equal or nearly equal periods of physical possession of and access to the child to each of the joint conservators.

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