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 157. ENFORCEMENT
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Tex. Fam. Code § 157.007 (2026)

Affirmative Defense To Motion For Enforcement Of Possession Or Access

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Sec. 157.007. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE TO MOTION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF POSSESSION OR ACCESS. (a) The respondent may plead as an affirmative defense to contempt for failure to comply with an order for possession or access to a child that the movant voluntarily relinquished actual possession and control of the child.

(b) The voluntary relinquishment must have been for the time encompassed by the court-ordered periods during which the respondent is alleged to have interfered.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2009–2019 · leading case: in Re: B.G.B., Jr. (Tex. App. 2019).
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in Re: B.G.B., Jr. (Tex. App. 2019). · cites it 3× “” TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 157.007(a) (West 2014).”
in Re: Jose T. Coronado (Tex. App. 2009). “See Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 157.007 (Vernon 2008), id.”
— Tex. Fam. Code § 157.007(a) — 1 case
in Re: B.G.B., Jr. (Tex. App. 2019). “” TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 157.007(a) (West 2014).”
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