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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 81(R)

Senate Bill 279

Senate Author:  Nelson et al.

Effective:  9-1-09

House Sponsor:  Aycock


            Senate Bill 279 amends the Family Code to authorize a court to render a temporary order regarding possession of or access to a child or child support if the conservator of the child is ordered to military deployment, military mobilization, or temporary military duty that involves moving a substantial distance so as to materially affect the conservator's ability to exercise the conservator's rights and duties in relation to the child.  The bill establishes procedures for the appointment of a person to designate the primary residence of a child and a person to exercise visitation in certain circumstances and includes provisions relating to expedited hearings, enforcement of a temporary order, and petitioning for additional periods of possession of or access to a child by a conservator without the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child when the conservator's military duty is concluded.