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 154. CHILD SUPPORT
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Tex. Fam. Code § 154.011 (2026)

Support Not Conditioned On Possession Or Access

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Sec. 154.011. SUPPORT NOT CONDITIONED ON POSSESSION OR ACCESS. A court may not render an order that conditions the payment of child support on whether a managing conservator allows a possessory conservator to have possession of or access to a child.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 40, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1999–2019 · leading case: Seidel v. Seidel, 10 S.W.3d 365 (Tex. App. 1999).
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Seidel v. Seidel, 10 S.W.3d 365 (Tex. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “” Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 154.011 (Vernon 1996).”
the Off. of the Attorney Gen. of Texas v. Richard Lynn Scholer, 403 S.W.3d 859 (Tex. 2013). “Tex. Fam.Code § 154.011. Underlying such provisions is the recognition that “[i]t is a strong, long-standing policy of this state to protect the interests of its children, and this is the policy [supporting] the enforcement of child support obligations.”
in the Interest of R. G. G. (Tex. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “” She asserts that the court violated section 154.011 of the family code, which provides that “[ a] court may not render an order that conditions the payment of child support on whether a managing conservator allows a possessory conservator to have possession of or access to a…”
W.D. v. R.D. (Tex. App. 2019). “And we cannot conclude that the trial court abused its discretion and render the possession order Wendy seeks based on a statement of indigency that she submitted to the trial court after the divorce decree was signed or based on Rob’s hypothetical, future refusal to agree to…”
in the Interest of R. G. G. (Tex. App. 2005). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 154.011 . Cases interpreting section 154.”
Brazell, Ronnie R. v. Brazell, Ida H. (Tex. App. 2001). “" Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 154.011 (Vernon 1996).”
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