Texas Family Code - Section 157.372. Return Of Child

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§ 157.372. RETURN OF CHILD.  (a) Subject to Chapter 152 
and the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (28 U.S.C. Section 
1738A), if the right to possession of a child is governed by a court 
order, the court in a habeas corpus proceeding involving the right 
to possession of the child shall compel return of the child to the 
relator only if the court finds that the relator is entitled to 
possession under the order.
	(b)  If the court finds that the previous order was granted 
by a court that did not give the contestants reasonable notice of 
the proceeding and an opportunity to be heard, the court may not 
render an order in the habeas corpus proceeding compelling return 
of the child on the basis of that order.

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

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