Parenting Time in Texas Child Support Cases

The Texas Title IV-D child support agency has, on a universal basis, included parenting plans in its child support orders for the last thirty years. While most state child support agencies are just beginning to consider the idea of parenting time orders, Texas has successfully navigated federal regu...

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Published inFamily court review Vol. 53; no. 2; pp. 258 - 266
Main Author Key, Alicia G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Madison Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2015
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects
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CHILD SUPPORT
Domestic relations
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FAMILY LAW
Family violence
Federal funding
Government agencies
GOVERNMENT POLICY
Parent and child
Parent-Child Relationship
Parenting
Parenting Time
Parents & parenting
Visiting rights
UNITED STATES
Texas
United States > US
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Summary:The Texas Title IV-D child support agency has, on a universal basis, included parenting plans in its child support orders for the last thirty years. While most state child support agencies are just beginning to consider the idea of parenting time orders, Texas has successfully navigated federal regulations and federal funding limitations to ensure that parenting time is made available, as fairly and safely as possible. This article explains how this achievement has been possible, with the existence in Texas law of a standard possession order and a set of simple child support guidelines. It also discusses a variety of innovative and collaborative activities to inform and educate the public about the availability of these services.
Bibliography:istex:DB59B01D41AEBCB4412B160F04766A4D82B1CC0A
ArticleID:FCRE12143
I wish to acknowledge that the discussion of the origin and development of the Texas Standard Possession Order was provided by H. Patrick Sullivan, former director of Federal Policy Analysis for the Child Support Division, Texas Office of Attorney General.
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Family Court Review: an interdisciplinary journal, Vol. 53, No. 2, Apr 2015, [258]-266
Family Court Review: an interdisciplinary journal, Vol. 53, No. 2, Apr 2015: [258]-266
Informit, Melbourne (Vic)
ISSN:1531-2445
1744-1617
DOI:10.1111/fcre.12143