{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-153.372","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 153.372","heading":"NONPARENT APPOINTED AS JOINT MANAGING CONSERVATOR.","body":"(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.\n(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.\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. 1.045, eff. April 2, 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 G. APPOINTMENT OF NONPARENT AS CONSERVATOR"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.153.htm#153.372","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"ea1ef5b63b0f6110216a3e6715a61ac6e229fafb65a5671e13c15d09454dccaa","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-153.371","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-153.3721"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}