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 § 153.434 (2026)

Limitation On Right To Request Possession Or Access

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Sec. 153.434. LIMITATION ON RIGHT TO REQUEST POSSESSION OR ACCESS. A biological or adoptive grandparent may not request possession of or access to a grandchild if:

(1) each of the biological parents of the grandchild has:

(A) died;

(B) had the person's parental rights terminated; or

(C) executed an affidavit of waiver of interest in child or an affidavit of relinquishment of parental rights under Chapter 161 and the affidavit designates the Department of Family and Protective Services, a licensed child-placing agency, or a person other than the child's stepparent as the managing conservator of the child; and

(2) the grandchild has been adopted, or is the subject of a pending suit for adoption, by a person other than the child's stepparent.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1390, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.049, eff. April 2, 2015.

SUBCHAPTER I. PREVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL CHILD ABDUCTION


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2026 · leading case: in the Interest of H.G., K.G., J.G. & T.G., Child., 267 S.W.3d 120 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008).
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in the Interest of H.G., K.G., J.G. & T.G., Child., 267 S.W.3d 120 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008). · cites it 4× “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 153.434 (Vernon Supp.”
In re Smith, 260 S.W.3d 568 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2008). “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 153.434 (Vernon Supp.”
In re HG, 267 S.W.3d 120 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2008). · cites it 4× “TEX. FAM.CODE ANN. § 153.434 (Vernon Supp.”
Bowers v. Matula, 943 S.W.2d 536 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1997). · cites it 2× “Tex.Fam.Code Ann. § 153.434 (Vernon 1996) (emphasis added).”
Arthur & Enedilia Martinez v. Gloria Estrada, 392 S.W.3d 261 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2012). · cites it 2× “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 153.434. Here, both the biological mother and father to the children had their parental rights terminated and the Martinezes, persons other than a stepparent, had their petition for adoption granted at the outset of the hearing.”
In re Joseph Andre Davis, No. 01-15-00408-CV (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 5, 2015). · cites it 2× “Tex.Fam.Code §153.434. However, the court may grant a B.”
Louisa Maria Tilleman v. Matthew John Tilleman, No. 03-25-00020-CV (Tex. App.—Austin May 29, 2026). “(citing Tex. Fam. Code § 153.434 (providing that grandparents “may not request possession of or access to a grandchild” in certain circumstances)).”
In re Maria Del Socorro Gonzalez & Cesario Gonzalez, No. 04-14-00485-CV (Tex. App.—San Antonio Oct. 1, 2014). “TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 153.434 (West 2014) (emphasis added).”
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