If both of the parents of a child are deceased, the court may consider appointment of a parent, sister, or brother of a deceased parent as a managing conservator of the child, but that consideration does not alter or diminish the discretionary power of the court.
Tex. Fam. Code § 153.431
APPOINTMENT OF GRANDPARENT, AUNT, OR UNCLE AS MANAGING CONSERVATOR
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff
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