Tex. Family Code § 153.372
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 153.372, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 153.372. NONPARENT APPOINTED AS JOINT MANAGING CONSERVATOR.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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