Texas Family Code

§ 153.005 — APPOINTMENT OF SOLE OR JOINT MANAGING CONSERVATOR

FA § 153.005Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Ch. 153. CONSERVATORSHIP, POSSESSION, AND ACCESS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)In a suit, except as provided by Section 153.004, the court:

(1)may appoint a sole managing conservator or may appoint joint managing conservators; and

(2)if the parents are or will be separated, shall appoint at least one managing conservator.

(b)A managing conservator must be a parent, a competent adult, the Department of Family and Protective Services, or a licensed child-placing agency.

(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:

(1)a party engaged in a history or pattern of family violence, as defined by Section 71.004;

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.043, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 117 (S.B. 817), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.