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PJC 215.2

D EFINITIONS AND I NSTRUCTIONS —SAPCR

PJC 215.2 Evidence of Abusive Physical Force or Sexual Abuse In determining whether to appoint a party sole or joint managing conserva tor, you shall consider evidence of the intentional use of abusive physical force, or evidence of sexual abuse , by a party directed against his or her spouse, against a parent of the child, or against any person younger than eighteen years of age committed within a two-year period preceding the filing of the suit or during the pendency of the suit. COMMENT Source. The foregoing instruction is based on Tex. Fam. Code § 153.004(a). If no evidence of intentional use of abusive physical force. If there is no evi dence of intentional use of abusive physical force, the words evidence of the inten tional use of abusive physical force, or evidence of sexual abuse , should be replaced by the words evidence of sexual abuse . If no evidence of sexual abuse. If there is no evidence of sexual abuse, the words evidence of the intentional use of abusive physical force, or evidence of sexual abuse , should be replaced by the words evidence of the intentional use of abusive physical force .

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