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

Tex. Family Code § 153.372: NONPARENT APPOINTED AS JOINT MANAGING CONSERVATOR.

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  1. FAMILY CODE
  2. TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
  3. SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
  4. CHAPTER 153. CONSERVATORSHIP, POSSESSION, AND ACCESS
  5. SUBCHAPTER G. APPOINTMENT OF NONPARENT AS CONSERVATOR

(a) A nonparent, the Department of Family and Protective Services, or a licensed child-placing agency appointed as a joint managing conservator may serve in that capacity with either another nonparent or with a parent of the child.

(b) The procedural and substantive standards regarding an agreed or court-ordered joint managing conservatorship provided by Subchapter C apply to a nonparent joint managing conservator.

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

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.045, eff. April 2, 2015.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:10Z. Source file · JSON

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