The military duty of a conservator who is ordered to military deployment, military mobilization, or temporary military duty, as those terms are defined by Section 153.701, does not by itself constitute a material and substantial change of circumstances sufficient to justify a modification of an existing court order or portion of a decree that sets the terms and conditions for the possession of or access to a child except that the court may render a temporary order under Subchapter L, Chapter 153.
Tex. Fam. Code § 156.105
MODIFICATION OF ORDER BASED ON MILITARY DUTY
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Bates v. Tesar (2002)
Most recently applied in Bates v. Tesar (June 2002)
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 916 (H.B. 260), Sec. 18, eff
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