NONPARENT APPOINTED AS JOINT MANAGING CONSERVATOR
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In the Interest of De La Pena (1999)
Most recently applied in In the Interest of L.D.F., a Child (September 2014)
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff
(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.
(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.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.