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Senate Bill 1936 |
Senate Author: Hughes |
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Effective: 9-1-21 |
House Sponsor: Cook et al. |
Senate Bill 1936 amends the Family Code to require a court to alter the standard possession order for parents who reside 100 miles or less apart, for a weekend possession extended by a holiday, and for a holiday possession unaffected by distance, with certain exceptions, to provide the following:
· increased times of possession for a conservator as a result of a conservator's election of one or more alternative beginning and ending possession times for that conservator's weekend periods of possession that are extended by a student holiday or teacher in service day that falls on a Monday, ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday; and
· the possessory conservator who resides not more than 50 miles from the primary residence of the child has the right to possession of the child as if the conservator had made the elections for certain alternative beginning and ending possession times.
Senate Bill 1936 requires the attorney general's office to create informational materials that describe the possession schedule under a standard possession order and to make the materials available on its website and distribute printed copies of the materials on request.