Tex. Fam. Code § 153.6031 · Subchapter K. PARENTING PLAN, PARENTING COORDINATOR, AND PARENTING FACILITATOR
EXCEPTION TO DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCESS REQUIREMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A requirement in a parenting plan that a party initiate or participate in a dispute resolution process before filing a court action does not apply to an action:
(1) to modify the parenting plan in an emergency;
(2) to modify child support;
(3) alleging that the child's present circumstances will significantly impair the child's physical health or significantly impair the child's emotional development;
(4) to enforce; or
(5) in which the party shows that enforcement of the requirement is precluded or limited by Section 153.0071.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1181 (H.B. 555), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007.
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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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