- (a) If the relator has by consent or acquiescence relinquished actual possession and control of the child for not less than 6 months preceding the date of the filing of the petition for the writ, the court may either compel or refuse to order return of the child.
- (b) The court may disregard brief periods of possession and control by the relator during the 6-month period.
- (c) In a suit in which the court does not compel return of the child, the court may issue temporary orders under Chapter 105 if a suit affecting the parent-child relationship is pending and the parties have received notice of a hearing on temporary orders set for the same time as the habeas corpus proceeding.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.