Conservatorship, Possession, and Access · Appointment of Nonparent as Conservator
(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 text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
