Texas Exhibit Possession and Access Order Form

The Exhibit Possession and Access Order is a form that is used to state events such as holidays in which the children can see the spouse with who they do not live. The terms of the form must be agreed to by both spouses.

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Exhibit: Possession and Access (Visitation) Order	 	
Home parent is: 	(name):  	 	Warning! 	It is a crime to disobey 
this Order. If you tell the authorities 
that the other parent has violated this 
Order, and it is not true, you can go to 	
jail and be fined u	p to $10,000.
Co-parent is:  	
(name):
  	 	
The Court makes the following Orders: 	Visitation with the child/ren 
is as the parties agree in advance. Failing  agreement, the following order will be enforced:	
 	
 
 1.  Co-Parent’s Local Schedule  
(When Co-Parent lives within 100 miles of the child/ren’)	 
Starts  (check one)  Ends (check one)  Responsibility 
for Pick up/ Delivery to 
start visit  Responsibility 
for Pick up/ Delivery to 
end visit 	
Weekends* 	1st, 3rd, and 5	th weekend of each month  
See definition below	
. 	
   After school**  
  6 pm  
  
 Next school day***
   6 pm  
  
  Co-Parent 
   Home Parent  
  Co-Parent 
   Home Parent 	
Mid-Week Visit  Thursday of each school week  	  After school  
   6 pm  
  
 School starts on 	 	     Friday   
  8 pm    	
Thanksgiving	 
Odd-Numbered 
Years  	Starts last day of school before 
Thanksgiving and ends on Sunday. 	  After school  
   6 pm  
    6 pm  
 
 
  	
Christmas Break	  
Even-Numbered 
Years  	Starts the last day of school before 
Christmas Break and ends December 
28
th. 	
  After school  
   6 pm  
    noon 
 
  	
Christmas Break	  
Odd-Numbered 
Years  	Starts on December 28	th and ends the day 
before school starts after Christmas 
Break. 	  noon 
    6 pm  
  
   	
Spring Break 
Even-Numbered 
Years
 	
Starts the last day of school before Spring 
Break and ends the day before school 
starts after Spring Break. 	  After school  
   6 pm  
    6 pm  
 
 
  	
Standard Summer 
July 1	st – July 31	st  	  6 pm  
    6 pm  
 
  	
Different Summer	  
Co-Parent must 
notify Home Parent 
of the dates.   
by  April 1 . 	Co-Parent may choose a different 30-day 
summer schedule. The schedule must be: 
after school is dismissed for summer 
break, only 1 or 2 blocks of time, each at 
least 1 week long, and  not during the last 
week of the summer break 	  6 pm  
    6 pm  
 
  	
Children’s 
Birthdays If the Co-Parent does not have a 
scheduled visit with the child on the child’s 
birthday, the Co-Parent may be with the 
child and the other children in this case on 
the child’s birthday.  	  6 pm  
    8 pm 
 The Co-Parent 
must pick up and 
return the 
child/ren.  	
Father’s Day 
Child/ren will be with Dad on Father’s Day 
Weekend. The weekend starts Friday 
before Father’s Day and ends on Father’s 
Day.  	  6 pm  
  
  6 pm  
  8am , Mon. after 
Father’s Day    
 	
Mother’s Day 
Child/ren will be with Mom on Mother’s 
Day Weekend. The weekend starts Friday 
before Mother’s Day and ends on 
Mother’s Day.   	  After school 
  6 pm  
  Next school day 
  6 pm    	
*Weekend 
= begins on Friday at 6pm, and ends on Sunday at 6pm, except when: 
  The box  “After school**” is checked, then during the regular school year, the weekend begins at the time the child/ren’s school is dism issed before the 1	st, 
3	rd, or 5	th weekend of each month 
  The box “Next school day***” is c hecked, then during the regular sc hool year, the weekend ends at the time the child/ren’s school starts on the next school 
day after the 1	
st, 3rd, or 5	th weekend of each month (if Co-Parent cannot return the children to school on time, s/he must notify the school and the other 
parent) 
  1	
st, 3rd or 5	th weekend coincides with a student holiday or teacher’s in-service day or federal, state or local holiday that falls on a Monday, then the weekend 
begins on Friday at 6pm, and ends on Monday, at 6pm; if the holiday falls on a Friday, then the weekend begins on Thursday at 6 pm, and ends on Sunday 
at 6pm .      
  If weekend or Thursday visit conflicts with holiday or summer  schedule, you must follow the holiday or summer schedule. 	
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Texas Family Code Chapter 153, Subchapter F

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Texas Family Code Chapter 153, Subchapter F  
 
The child/ren are with the Home Parent at the times marked below  and  
when they are not with the Co-Parent as indicated on page 1. 	
 	
2.  Home Parent’s Local Schedule	  	
(When Co-parent lives within 100 miles of the child/ren)	  Starts  Ends  Responsibility 
for Pick up/ Delivery to  start visit  Responsibility 
for Pick up/ Delivery to  end visit 	
Thanksgiving 
Even-Numbered 
Years  	
Starts the last day of school before 
Thanksgiving and ends Sunday. 	N/A N/A   	N/A N/A 	
Christmas Break	  
Odd-Numbered 
Years  	Starts the last day of school before 
Christmas Break and ends December 28	th. 	N/A 	 noon 
    	
Christmas Break	  
Even-Numbered 
Years  	Starts on December 28	th and ends the day 
before school starts after Christmas Break. 	  noon  
  N/A 	  	
Spring Break 
Odd-Numbered 
Years
 	
Starts the last day of school before Spring 
Break and ends the day before school 
starts after Spring Break. 	N/A N/A 	  	
Summer 
Home Parent must 
notify Co-Parent of 
the dates, in writing, 
by April 15	
th , or give 
at least 14 days 
written notice of the 
dates, after April 15	
th. 
The Home Parent may choose 21 days 
during the summer when the child/ren 
will stay with the Home Parent.  
The Home Parent’s schedule must be: 
  Not  during the last week of the summer 
break 
  Not  during days when the Co-Parent has 
a scheduled summer, or 
Father’s/Mother’s Day visitation. 
 	N/A N/A 	  	
If the Co-Parent’s summer visitation is 31 days or  more, the Home Parent may choose to have 
the children for  two weekends during the Co-
Parent’s summer visitation (or one weekend 
if the Co-Parent’s summer visitation is 30 
days or less).  
The weekends:	
    6 pm  
 
  6 pm  
 	
Summer Weekend 
Options  
 
Home Parent must 
notify Co-Parent of 
the dates, in writing, 
by April 15	
th 
 	   Cannot  be consecutive weekends during the Co-Parent’s summer visi tation schedule   
   Cannot  interfere with the Co-Parent’s Father’s or Mother’s Day weekend 
   Cannot  be the last  weekend of summer 
 	
The Home Parent must pick up 
and return the child/ren.	
 	
Children’s 
Birthdays  If the Home-Parent does not have a scheduled
visit with the child on the child’s birthday, the 
Home-Parent may be with the child and the 
other children in this case on the child’s 
birthday	
. 	
 6 pm  
    8 pm 
   	
Father’s Day 
Child/ren will be with Dad on Father’s Day 
Weekend. The weekend starts Friday before 
Father’s Day and ends on Father’s Day.  	N/A N/A 
  	
Mother’s Day 
Child/ren will be with Mom on Mother’s Day 
Weekend. The weekend starts Friday before 
Mother’s Day and ends on Mother’s Day.   	N/A  N/A

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Texas Family Code Chapter 153, Subchapter F  
 
3.  	Co-Parent’s Long Distance Schedule	  	
(When Co-Parent lives more than 100 miles from the child/r	e	
Starts  
Ends  Responsibility 
for Pick up/ 
Delivery to  start visit  Responsibility 
for Pick up/ 
Delivery to  end visit 	
Weekends* 	1st, 3rd, and 5	th weekend of each month  
A weekend starts Friday and ends Sunday. 
  OR 
Any  one weekend per month that the Co-
Parent chooses. The Co-Parent must give 
the Home Parent at least 14 days notice (by 
phone or in writing), and the weekend 
cannot interfere with the holiday schedule	
. 	
  6 pm  
    6 pm  
 

  Co-Parent 
   Home Parent 
  
  Co-Parent 
   Home Parent 
 	
Thanksgiving	 
Odd-Numbered 
Years   Starts the last day of school before 
Thanksgiving and ends on Sunday. 	  6 pm  
 
  6 pm  
 
   	
Christmas Break	  
Even-Numbered 
Years   Starts the last day of school before 
Christmas Break and ends December 28	th. 	
  6 pm  
 
  noon  
 
  	
Christmas Break	  
Odd-Numbered 
Years   Starts on December 28	th and ends the day 
before school starts after Christmas Break	
. 	
  noon 
    6 pm  
 
  	
Spring Break 
(Every year) 
 Starts the last day of school before Spring 
Break and ends the day before school starts 
after Spring Break. 	
  6 pm  
 
  6 pm  
 
  	
Standard Summer 	June 15	th  – July 27	th 	  6 pm  
    6 pm  
 
  	
Different Summer  
Co-Parent must 
notify Home Parent 
of the dates.   
by 
April 1 .	
 	
The Co-parent may choose a different  
42-day summer schedule, but it must be: 
 Only 1 or 2 blocks of time, each at least 
1 week long,  
  Not during the last week of the summer 
break 
 	
  6 pm  
    6 pm  
 
  	
Children’s 
Birthdays  	If the Co-Parent does not have a scheduled 
visit with the child on the child’s birthday, 
Co-Parent may be with the child and the 
other children in this case on the child’s 
birthday. 	  6 pm  
    8 pm 
 The Co-Parent 
must pick up and 
return the 
child/ren.  	
Father’s Day 	Child/ren will be with Dad on Father’s Day 
Weekend. The weekend starts Friday before 
Father’s Day and ends on Father’s Day.  	  6 pm  
 
 6 pm 
 
 
 	
Mother’s Day 	Child/ren will be with Mom on Mother’s Day 
Weekend. The weekend starts the Friday 
before Mother’s Day and ends on Mother’s 
Day.   	  6 pm  
    6 pm  
 
 
 	
 
 
*Weekend 
= begins on Friday at 6pm, and ends on Sunday at 6pm, except when: 	
 1	st, 3rd or 5	th weekend coincides with a student holiday or teacher’s in-service day or federal, state or local holiday that falls on a Monday , 
then the weekend begins on Friday at 6pm, and ends on Monday, at  6pm; if the holiday falls on a Friday, then the weekend begins on 
Thursday at 6pm, and ends on Sunday at 6pm .      
  If weekend or Thursday visit conflicts with holiday or su mmer schedule, you must follow the holiday or summer schedule.

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Texas Family Code Chapter 153, Subchapter F  
The child/ren are with the Home Parent at the times marked below  and  
when they are not with the Co-Parent as indicated on page 3.	
 	
3.  	Home Parent’s Long Distance Schedule	  	
(When parents live more than 100 miles apart)	  Starts  Ends   Responsibility 
for Pick up/ Delivery to  start visit  Responsibility 
for Pick up/ Delivery to  end visit 	
Thanksgiving 
Even-numbered 
years	
  Starts last day of school before Thanksgiving 
and ends Sunday. 	
N/A N/A 
N/A N/A 	
Christmas Break	 	
Odd-Numbered 
Years	
 Starts the last day of school before Christmas 
Break and ends December 28	
th. 	N/A 
 noon  	
 	
N/A N/A 	
Christmas Break	 	
Even-Numbered 
Years	
 Starts on December 28	
th and ends the day 
before school starts after Christmas Break. 	  noon 
 	
N/A  N/A 
N/A 	
The Home Parent may choose 21 days 
during the summer when the child/ren will 
stay with the Home Parent.  	  6 pm  
    6 pm  
 	Summer 
Home Parent must	 	
notify Co-Parent of	 	
the dates, in 
writing, by April 
15
th , or give at 
least 14 days 
written notice of 
the dates, after 
April 15	
th.  	
The Home Parent’s schedule must be: 
  Not  during the last week of the summer break 
  Not  during days when the Co-Parent has a scheduled  summer, or Father’s/Mother’s 
Day visitation. 
 	
N/A N/A 	
If the Co-Parent’s summer visitation is 31 days or more, 
the Home Parent may choose to have the children for  two 
weekends during the Co-Parent ’s summer visitation (or 
one weekend if the Co-Parent’s summer visitation is 30 
days or less).  
 
The weekends: 	 6 pm  
    6 pm  
 	Summer 
Weekend 
Options  
Home Parent must	 	
notify Co-Parent of	 	
the dates, in 
writing, by April 
15
th 	
 	

  Cannot  be consecutive weekends during the Co-Parent’s summer visi tation schedule   
   Cannot  interfere with the Co-Parent’s Father’s or Mother’s Day weekend 
   Cannot  be the last  weekend of summer 	
The Home Parent must pick up 
and return the child/ren.	
 	
Child/ren’s 
Birthdays  If the Home-Parent does not have a scheduled 
visit with the child on the child’s birthday, Home-
Parent may be with the child and the other 
children in this case on the child’s birthday. 	  6 pm  
    8 pm 
   	
Father’s Day 
Child/ren will be with Dad on Father’s Day 
Weekend. The weekend starts Friday before 
Father’s Day and ends on Father’s Day.   	  6 pm  
   6 pm 
   	
Mother’s Day 
Child/ren will be with Mom on Mother’s Day 
Weekend. The weekend starts Friday before 
Mother’s Day and ends on Mother’s Day.    	6pm  6 pm

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Texas Family Code Chapter 153, Subchapter F  
5.  Warnings — 
Each person who is a party to this Order is or dered to notify every other party, the Court, and 
the state child support registry of any change in the party’s current residence address, mailing 
address, home telephone number, name of employer, address of employment, driver’s license 
number, and work telephone number. The party is ordered to give notice of an intended change 
in any of the required information to the other  party, the Court, and the state case registry on or 
before the 60	
th day before the intended change.  If the party does not know or could not have 
known of the change in sufficient time to give notice of the change to provide 60-\
days notice, 
the party is ordered to give notice of the change on or before the 5	
th day after the date that the 
party knows of the change.  
 
The duty to furnish this information to every other party, the Court, and the state case registry 
continues as long as any person, by virtue of this Order, is under an obligation to pay child 
support or entitled to possession of or access to a child.  
 
Failure by a party to obey the Order of this  Court to provide every other party, the Court, and the 
State case registry with the change in the required information may result in further litigation to 
enforce the order, including contempt of court.  A finding of contempt m\
ay be punishable by 
confinement in jail for up to six months, a fine of up to $500 for each \
violation, and a money 
judgment for payment of attorney’s fees and court costs.    
 
Notice shall be given to every other party by delivering a copy of the notice to each party by 
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested.  Notice shall be\
 given to the Court and the 
State Case Registry by delivering a copy of the not ice either in person to the clerk of the Court 
or by registered or certified mail addressed to the clerk. 
 
Failure to obey a court order for child support or for possession of or access to a child may 
result in further litigation to enforce this order, including contempt o\
f court.  A finding of 
contempt may be punishable by confinement in jail for up to six months, a fine of up to $500 for 
each violation, and a money judgment for payment of attorney’s fees and court costs.  
 
Failure of a party to make a child support payment to the place and in the manner required by a 
court order may result in the party’s not receiving credit for making the payment. Failure of a 
party to pay child support does not justify denying that party court-ordered possession of or 
access to a child. Refusal by a party to allow possession of or access to a child does not justify 
failure to pay court-ordered child support to that party.   
Important Notices: 	
–   If the Co-Parent cannot take the child/ren as scheduled, s/he  must notify the other parent.  
–  A competent adult may pick up or drop off the child/ren. But, the child/ren must  not be left alone without an adult present.  
–   The Co-Parent  must notify the Home Parent, the school, and the Court within 5  days, or sooner, if s/he moves over 100 miles from the 
child/ren.  
 
Notice to any peace officer of the State of Texas	
:  You may use reasonable efforts to enforce the terms of child 
custody specified in this order.  A peace officer who relies on the terms of a court order and the officer’s agency are entitle d to 
the applicable immunity against any claim, civil or otherwise,  regarding the officer’s good faith acts performed in the scope o f 
the officer’s duties in enforcing the terms of the order that relate to child custody.  Any person who knowingly presents for l aw 
enforcement an order that is invalid or no longer in effect commits an offense that  may be punishable by confinement in jail for 
as long as two years and a fine of as much as $10,000.