Tex. Fam. Code § 153.501 · Subchapter I. PREVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION
NECESSITY OF MEASURES TO PREVENT INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In a suit, if credible evidence is presented to the court indicating a potential risk of the international abduction of a child by a parent of the child, the court, on its own motion or at the request of a party to the suit, shall determine under this section whether it is necessary for the court to take one or more of the measures described by Section 153.503 to protect the child from the risk of abduction by the parent.
(b) In determining whether to take any of the measures described by Section 153.503, the court shall consider:
(1) the public policies of this state described by Section 153.001(a) and the consideration of the best interest of the child under Section 153.002;
(2) the risk of international abduction of the child by a parent of the child based on the court's evaluation of the risk factors described by Section 153.502;
(3) any obstacles to locating, recovering, and returning the child if the child is abducted to a foreign country; and
(4) the potential physical or psychological harm to the child if the child is abducted to a foreign country.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 612, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.153.htm
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Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 153.001PUBLIC POLICY.Printed as Section 153.001(a)
- Tex. Fam. Code § 153.002BEST INTEREST OF CHILD; REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION IN SUIT BETWEEN PARENT AND NONPARENT.Printed as Section 153.002
- Tex. Fam. Code § 153.502ABDUCTION RISK FACTORS.Printed as Section 153.502
- Tex. Fam. Code § 153.503ABDUCTION PREVENTION MEASURES.Printed as Section 153.503
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