Tex. Fam. Code § 153.704 · Subchapter L. MILITARY DUTY
APPOINTING DESIGNATED PERSON TO EXERCISE VISITATION FOR CONSERVATOR WITH EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO DESIGNATE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF CHILD IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the court appoints the conservator without the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child under Section 153.703(a)(1), the court may award visitation with the child to a designated person chosen by the conservator with the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child.
(b) The periods of visitation shall be the same as the visitation to which the conservator without the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child was entitled under the court order in effect immediately before the date the temporary order is rendered.
(c) The temporary order for visitation must provide that:
(1) the designated person under this section has the right to possession of the child for the periods and in the manner in which the conservator without the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child is entitled under the court order in effect immediately before the date the temporary order is rendered;
(2) the child's other conservator and the designated person under this section are subject to the requirements of Section 153.316, with the designated person considered for purposes of that section to be the possessory conservator;
(3) the designated person under this section has the rights and duties of a nonparent possessory conservator under Section 153.376(a) during the period that the person has possession of the child; and
(4) the designated person under this section is subject to any provision in a court order restricting or prohibiting access to the child by any specified individual.
(d) The court may limit or expand the rights of a nonparent designated person named in a temporary order rendered under this section as appropriate to the best interest of the child.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 727 (S.B. 279), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1113 (H.B. 1012), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2009.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.153.htm
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Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 153.316GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.Printed as Section 153.316
- Tex. Fam. Code § 153.376RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NONPARENT POSSESSORY CONSERVATOR.Printed as Section 153.376(a)
- Tex. Fam. Code § 153.703APPOINTING DESIGNATED PERSON FOR CONSERVATOR WITH EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO DESIGNATE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF CHILD.Printed as Section 153.703(a)(1)
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