In Texas, visitation rights are formally known as “possession and access.” Even in an SMC arrangement, the non-custodial parent is often granted visitation rights unless the court finds that such visits would be detrimental to the child. The state has established a “Standard Possession Order”...
The child's best interest is the court's main consideration in determining questions of managing conservatorship of, possession of, and access to a child. Generally, courts consider nine factors before making decisions on child custody in Texas: ...
The Problem With Child Support Laws in Texas by Casey AlexanderAlthough the custody (conservatorship) and visitation (possession and access) laws in Texas are considered progressive when compared to those of other states, the child support laws remain archaic to say the least....
In response, the family district courts of Dallas County have issued a joint statement, linked here, regarding possession and access to children under the shelter in place order. Court-ordered possession schedules will continue, and exchanges of the children for those possession periods will be cons...
FORT WORTH – A former employee of the Brite Divinity School, located on the TCU campus, has been arrested for possession of child pornography. Charles Bellinger Tarrant County Jail Charles Bellinger, 62, was taken into custody Wednesday, according to Fort Worth police. Brite Divinity School is...
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The Texas Public Information Act which was formerly known as the Open Records Act is in chapter 552 of the Government Code. It allows you access to government records without having to explain why you want the records. All government information is presumed to be available to the public with ...
These materials were in the possession of claimed Jean Laffite descendant John A. Laffite. The second component consists of documents, photographs, postcards, maps, publications, clippings, research materials, manuscripts, and artwork that were collected by former Texas Governor Price Daniel Sr. The ...
The seventh: existing court orders in child-possession cases shall control “in all instances” to determine rights to and access to children, regardless of so-called shelter-in-place mandates or other restriction on movement The eighth: delays limitations in civil cases from March 13 until June...
and possession. When a nonparent is asking for conservatorship or access to a child, the Court determined that the child’s best interest is irrevocably entwined with the presumption that it is a fit parent and NOT the court, who makes the decision as to whether that access should be ...