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FAMILY CODETitle 5 - THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPSubtitle B - SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPChapter 153 - CONSERVATORSHIP, POSSESSION, AND ACCESS
Subchapter D - PARENT APPOINTED AS POSSESSORY CONSERVATOR
Section 153.191 - Presumption That Parent to Be Appointed Possessory Conservator

Tex. Fam. Code § 153.191

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 153.191 - Presumption That Parent to Be Appointed Possessory Conservator

The court shall appoint as a possessory conservator a parent who is not appointed as a sole or joint managing conservator unless it finds that the appointment is not in the best interest of the child and that parental possession or access would endanger the physical or emotional welfare of the child.

Tex. Fam. Code § 153.191

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. 4/20/1995.