{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-42.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 42.002","heading":"LIABILITY FOR INTERFERENCE WITH POSSESSORY RIGHT.","body":"(a) A person who takes or retains possession of a child or who conceals the whereabouts of a child in violation of a possessory right of another person may be liable for damages to that person.\n(b) A possessory right is violated by the taking, retention, or concealment of a child at a time when another person is entitled to possession of or access to the child.\nAmended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.","path":["FAMILY CODE","TITLE 2. CHILD IN RELATION TO THE FAMILY","SUBTITLE B. PARENTAL LIABILITY","CHAPTER 42. CIVIL LIABILITY FOR INTERFERENCE WITH POSSESSORY INTEREST IN CHILD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.42.htm#42.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"a3c0c93877cd2b376a4fa05389e639c8840b1523fea3119bbffd96e917194587","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-42.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-42.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}