{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-161.207","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 161.207","heading":"APPOINTMENT OF MANAGING CONSERVATOR ON TERMINATION.","body":"(a) If the court terminates the parent-child relationship with respect to both parents or to the only living parent, the court shall appoint a suitable, competent adult, the Department of Family and Protective Services, or a licensed child-placing agency as managing conservator of the child. An agency designated managing conservator in an unrevoked or irrevocable affidavit of relinquishment shall be appointed managing conservator.\n(b) The order of appointment may refer to the docket number of the suit and need not refer to the parties nor be accompanied by any other papers in the record.\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. 1.088, 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 161. TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP","SUBCHAPTER C. HEARING AND ORDER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.161.htm#161.207","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"a7c64e564997bcfc537596b0449acdee77dcdf763937fe30f5c58d70a018bc8a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-161.2062","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-161.208"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}