Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Family Code § 153.191: PRESUMPTION THAT PARENT TO BE APPOINTED POSSESSORY CONSERVATOR.

Where this section sits in the code

FAMILY CODE
TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
CHAPTER 153. CONSERVATORSHIP, POSSESSION, AND ACCESS
SUBCHAPTER D. PARENT APPOINTED AS POSSESSORY CONSERVATOR

The court shall appoint as a possessory conservator a parent who is not appointed as a sole or joint managing conservator unless it finds that the appointment is not in the best interest of the child and that parental possession or access would endanger the physical or emotional welfare of the child.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.

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