81R674 KSD-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 927
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the possession of a child less than three years of age
in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 153.254(a), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The court may [shall] render an order appropriate under
the circumstances for possession of a child less than three years of
age if the court finds that possession of the child by the
conservator with whom the child does not primarily reside is in the
best interest of the child.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
suit affecting the parent-child relationship that is pending in a
trial court on the effective date of this Act or that is filed on or
after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.