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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
SB849Relating to orders providing for the conservatorship of or possession of and access to a child by the child's parents in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
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Custody & supportcustody parenting timeAI label
↑Expands rights of the paying or noncustodial parentmodel confidence 90%
Creates a rebuttable presumption that joint managing conservators get equal or nearly equal physical possession and access, requires equal parenting orders unless specific findings are made otherwise, and makes the alternative possession order the minimum or fallback, so more equal parenting time is
It is a rebuttable presumption that the appointment of the parents of a child as joint managing conservators with rights of equal or nearly equal periods of physical possession of and access to the child is in the best interest of the child.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends the Texas Family Code to establish and presume in favor of 'equal parenting orders' providing nearly equal possession and access for joint managing conservators, requires courts to issue them unless specific findings are made that they are unworkable, inappropriate, or not in the child's best interest, renames and adjusts the standard possession order as a fallback minimum, adds a written-findings requirement to limit parental rights, and updates public policy to encourage equal sharing of rights and duties. These changes expand the rights of the less-custodial parent on the 'c
Related bills
SB335Relating to the best interest of the child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.=No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parent=No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Filed
HB185Relating to certain services and interventions ordered in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship and to certain judicial training requ↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Filed
HB692Relating to the interview of a child in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship.=No change to rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Filed
HB930Relating to the consideration of family violence and coercive control in determining conservatorship and possession of and access to a child↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent↓Restricts rights of the paying or noncustodial parent Filed