{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-153.376","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 153.376","heading":"RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NONPARENT POSSESSORY CONSERVATOR.","body":"(a) Unless limited by court order or other provisions of this chapter, a nonparent, a licensed child-placing agency, or the Department of Family and Protective Services appointed as a possessory conservator has the following rights and duties during the period of possession:\n(1) the duty of care, control, protection, and reasonable discipline of the child;\n(2) the duty to provide the child with clothing, food, and shelter; and\n(3) the right to consent to medical, dental, and surgical treatment during an emergency involving an immediate danger to the health and safety of the child.\n(b) A nonparent possessory conservator has any other right or duty specified in the order.\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. 1.048, 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#153.376","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"14f2684d8d641369747565d86b899f00e13cfb45d9d523a41416e5c47fabbd4e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-153.375","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-153.377"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}