Tex. Fam. Code § 42.003 · Chapter 42. CIVIL LIABILITY FOR INTERFERENCE WITH POSSESSORY INTEREST IN CHILD
AIDING OR ASSISTING INTERFERENCE WITH POSSESSORY RIGHT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who aids or assists in conduct for which a cause of action is authorized by this chapter is jointly and severally liable for damages.
(b) A person who was not a party to the suit in which an order was rendered providing for a possessory right is not liable unless the person at the time of the violation:
(1) had actual notice of the existence and contents of the order; or
(2) had reasonable cause to believe that the child was the subject of an order and that the person's actions were likely to violate the order.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.42.htm
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- sha256 c16b679dd1dae2d2dbd21cd2d406ce84be52e50f940f27ff462850625162e4f4
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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