Texas Family Code - Section 153.251. Policy And General Application Of Guidelines

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§ 153.251. POLICY AND GENERAL APPLICATION OF 
GUIDELINES.  (a) The guidelines established in the standard 
possession order are intended to guide the courts in ordering the 
terms and conditions for possession of a child by a parent named as 
a possessory conservator or as the minimum possession for a joint 
managing conservator.
	(b)  It is the policy of this state to encourage frequent 
contact between a child and each parent for periods of possession 
that optimize the development of a close and continuing 
relationship between each parent and child.
	(c)  It is preferable for all children in a family to be 
together during periods of possession.
	(d)  The standard possession order is designed to apply to a 
child three years of age or older.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, § 1, eff. April 20, 1995.           

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