Tex. Fam. Code § 157.007
Tex. Fam. Code § 157.007 - Affirmative Defense To Motion For Enforcement Of Possession Or Access (2026)
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**Tex. Fam. Code § 157.007. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE TO MOTION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF POSSESSION OR ACCESS.** (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. (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. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
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