Texas Family Code - Section 153.501. Necessity Of Measures To Prevent International Parental Child Abduction

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§ 153.501. NECESSITY OF MEASURES TO PREVENT INTERNATIONAL 
PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION.  (a) In a suit, if credible evidence is 
presented to the court indicating a potential risk of the 
international abduction of a child by a parent of the child, the 
court, on its own motion or at the request of a party to the suit, 
shall determine under this section whether it is necessary for the 
court to take one or more of the measures described by Section 
153.503 to protect the child from the risk of abduction by the 
parent.
	(b)  In determining whether to take any of the measures 
described by Section 153.503, the court shall consider:
		(1)  the public policies of this state described by 
Section 153.001(a) and the consideration of the best interest of 
the child under Section 153.002;
		(2)  the risk of international abduction of the child 
by a parent of the child based on the court's evaluation of the risk 
factors described by Section 153.502;
		(3)  any obstacles to locating, recovering, and 
returning the child if the child is abducted to a foreign country;  
and
		(4)  the potential physical or psychological harm to 
the child if the child is abducted to a foreign country.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 612, § 1, eff. June 20, 2003.           

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