{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-153.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 153.005","heading":"APPOINTMENT OF SOLE OR JOINT MANAGING CONSERVATOR.","body":"(a) In a suit, except as provided by Section 153.004, the court:\n(1) may appoint a sole managing conservator or may appoint joint managing conservators; and\n(2) if the parents are or will be separated, shall appoint at least one managing conservator.\n(b) A managing conservator must be a parent, a competent adult, the Department of Family and Protective Services, or a licensed child-placing agency.\n(c) In making an appointment authorized by this section, the court shall consider whether, preceding the filing of the suit or during the pendency of the suit:\n(1) a party engaged in a history or pattern of family violence, as defined by Section 71.004;\n(2) a party engaged in a history or pattern of child abuse or child neglect; or\n(3) a final protective order was rendered against a party.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.043, eff. April 2, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 117 (S.B. 817), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["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 A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.153.htm#153.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"1ef00c84822767d4cc510a1098cd59f85f828f9dcdc756b47b759d21c3268fa1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-153.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-153.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}