Tex. Penal Code § 25.10 · Chapter 25. OFFENSES AGAINST THE FAMILY
INTERFERENCE WITH RIGHTS OF GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Possessory right" means the right of a guardian of the person to have physical possession of a ward and to establish the ward's legal domicile, as provided by Section 1151.051(c)(1), Estates Code.
(2) "Ward" has the meaning assigned by Chapter 1002, Estates Code.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person takes, retains, or conceals a ward when the person knows that the person's taking, retention, or concealment interferes with a possessory right with respect to the ward.
(c) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
(d) This section does not apply to a governmental entity where the taking, retention, or concealment of the ward was authorized by Subtitle E, Title 5, Family Code, or Chapter 48, Human Resources Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 549, Sec. 32, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 22.056, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.25.htm
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