{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.007","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 157.007","heading":"AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE TO MOTION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF POSSESSION OR ACCESS.","body":"(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.","path":["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","SUBCHAPTER A. PLEADINGS AND DEFENSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.157.htm#157.007","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"e0d5aa1518d829933b4dec3d2593a056e0321760ae4927039d9c664934fd996e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-157.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}