Sec. 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, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 153 - Conservatorship, Possession, and Access
Subchapter E. Guidelines for the Possession of a Child by a Parent Named as Possessory Conservator
Section 153.251. Policy and General Application of Guidelines
Section 153.252. Rebuttable Presumption
Section 153.253. Standard Possession Order Inappropriate or Unworkable
Section 153.254. Child Less Than Three Years of Age
Section 153.256. Factors for Court to Consider
Section 153.257. Means of Travel
Section 153.258. Request for Findings When Order Varies From Standard Order