Tex. Fam. Code § 153.001 : FAMILY CODE — THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP — SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP — CONSERVATORSHIP, POSSESSION, AND ACCESS — GENERAL PROVISIONS — Public Policy

(a) The public policy of this state is to:

(1) assure that children will have frequent and continuing contact with parents who have shown the ability to act in the best interest of the child;

(2) provide a safe, stable, and nonviolent environment for the child; and

(3) encourage parents to share in the rights and duties of raising their child after the parents have separated or dissolved their marriage.

(b) A court may not render an order that conditions the right of a conservator to possession of or access to a child on the payment of child support.

Tex. Fam. Code § 153.001

Amended By Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 787, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/1999.

Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 25, eff. 9/1/1995

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. 4/20/1995.