§ 156.409. CHANGE IN PHYSICAL POSSESSION. (a) If the sole managing conservator of a child or the joint managing conservator who has the exclusive right to determine the primary residence of the child has voluntarily relinquished the primary care and possession of the child to another person for at least six months, the court shall, on the motion of a party or the other person having physical possession of the child, modify an order providing for the support of the child to provide that the other person having physical possession of the child shall have the right to receive and give receipt for payments of support for the child and to hold or disburse money for the benefit of the child. (b) Notice of a motion for modification under this section may be served in the manner for serving a notice under Section 157.065. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 556, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, § 14, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1289, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 261, § 1, eff. May 30, 2005.

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