Title 5 › Chapter 153 › Subchapter K

Texas Family Code § 153.6031

Exception to Dispute Resolution Process Requirement

Conservatorship, Possession, and Access · Parenting Plan, Parenting Coordinator, and Parenting Facilitator

A requirement in a parenting plan that a party initiate or participate in a dispute resolution process before filing a court action does not apply to an action:

(1) to modify the parenting plan in an emergency;

(2) to modify child support;

(3) alleging that the child's present circumstances will significantly impair the child's physical health or significantly impair the child's emotional development;

(4) to enforce; or

(5) in which the party shows that enforcement of the requirement is precluded or limited by Section 153.0071.

Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1181 (H.B. 555), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007.

This section refers to

§ 153.0071