Texas Family Code - Section 153.001. Public Policy
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§ 153.001. PUBLIC POLICY. (a) The public policy of this
state is to:
(1) assure that children will have frequent and
continuing contact with parents who have shown the ability to act in
the best interest of the child;
(2) provide a safe, stable, and nonviolent environment
for the child; and
(3) encourage parents to share in the rights and
duties of raising their child after the parents have separated or
dissolved their marriage.
(b) A court may not render an order that conditions the
right of a conservator to possession of or access to a child on the
payment of child support.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 25, eff. Sept. 1,
1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 787, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Section: 152.311 152.312 152.313 152.314 152.315 152.316 152.317 153.001 153.002 153.003 153.004 153.005 153.006 153.007 153.0071
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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