Tex. Codes » Family Code · 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
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Tex. Fam. Code § 153.253 (2026)

Standard Possession Order Inappropriate Or Unworkable

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Sec. 153.253. STANDARD POSSESSION ORDER INAPPROPRIATE OR UNWORKABLE. The court shall render an order that grants periods of possession of the child as similar as possible to those provided by the standard possession order if the work schedule or other special circumstances of the managing conservator, the possessory conservator, or the child, or the year-round school schedule of the child, make the standard order unworkable or inappropriate.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2000–2025 · leading case: Newell v. Newell, 349 S.W.3d 717 (Tex. App. 2011).
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Newell v. Newell, 349 S.W.3d 717 (Tex. App. 2011). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 153.253, .256; see also A.”
In the Interest of C.B.M., 14 S.W.3d 855 (Tex. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “” Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 153.253 (Vernon 1996).”
in the Matter of the Marriage of James Robert Mugford & Leanna Maria Mugford (Tex. App. 2018). · cites it 3× “Tex. Fam. Code § 153.253. Appellant’s brief argued that alternate beginning and ending possession times are not a permissible election if the parents reside more than 100 miles apart because section 153.”
In Re Cbm, 14 S.W.3d 855 (Tex. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “" TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 153.253 (Vernon 1996).”
in the Interest of S. C. B., Jr., a Child (Tex. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “TEX.FAM.CODE ANN. § 153.253. The trial court may consider (1) the age, developmental status, circumstances, needs, and best interest of the child; (2) the circumstances of the managing conservator and of the parent named as a possessory conservator; and (3) any other relevant…”
Yakov Elmakiss v. Ruth Marie Elmakiss (Tex. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 153.253 (Vernon 2002).”
Staci Pickens v. Kerry C. Pickens, II (Tex. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 153.253 (West 2008).”
in the Interest of K.R. & N.R., Child. (Tex. App. 2016). “(citing Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 153.253 (West 2008)).”
Donald L. Schindler v. Elizabeth M. Schindler (Tex. App. 2018). “TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 153.253 (West, Westlaw through 2017 1st C.”
in the Interest of C.W.J. & C.M.J., Child. (Tex. App. 2019). “003 (West 2019); TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 153.253 (West 2014).”
in the Interest of S.G., a Child (Tex. App. 2020). “” TEX.FAM.CODE ANN. § 153.253. In determining whether to enter a non- standard possession order, a court may consider the following factors: “(1) the age, developmental status, circumstances, needs, and best interest of the child; (2) the circumstances of the managing…”
in the Interest of Z.C.R.M. (Tex. App. 2022). “12 And as the court of continuing 12SeeTex. Fam. Code Ann. § 153.253 (Standard Possession Order Inappropriate or Unworkable).”
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