Texas Family Code

§ 153.371 — RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NONPARENT APPOINTED AS SOLE MANAGING CONSERVATOR

FA § 153.371Title 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. G. APPOINTMENT OF NONPARENT AS CONSERVATOR

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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 managing conservator of the child has the following rights and duties:

(1)the right to have physical possession and to direct the moral and religious training of the child;

(2)the duty of care, control, protection, and reasonable discipline of the child;

(3)the duty to provide the child with clothing, food, shelter, education, and medical, psychological, and dental care;

(4)the right to consent for the child to medical, psychiatric, psychological, dental, and surgical treatment and to have access to the child's medical records;

(5)the right to receive and give receipt for payments for the support of the child and to hold or disburse funds for the benefit of the child;

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.044, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 733 (H.B. 555), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 591 (H.B. 2495), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.