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Texas Family Code - Section 157.168. Additional Periods Of Possession Or Access

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§ 157.168. ADDITIONAL PERIODS OF POSSESSION OR 
ACCESS.  (a) A court may order additional periods of possession of 
or access to a child to compensate for the denial of court-ordered 
possession or access.  The additional periods of possession or 
access:
		(1)  must be of the same type and duration of the 
possession or access that was denied;
		(2)  may include weekend, holiday, and summer 
possession or access;  and    
		(3)  must occur on or before the second anniversary of 
the date the court finds that court-ordered possession or access 
has been denied.
	(b)  The person denied possession or access is entitled to 
decide the time of the additional possession or access, subject to 
the provisions of Subsection (a)(1).

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 52, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 974, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1034, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

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