Tex. Fam. Code § 153.376 · Subchapter G. APPOINTMENT OF NONPARENT AS CONSERVATOR
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF NONPARENT POSSESSORY CONSERVATOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Unless limited by court order or other provisions of this chapter, a nonparent, a licensed child-placing agency, or the Department of Family and Protective Services appointed as a possessory conservator has the following rights and duties during the period of possession:
(1) the duty of care, control, protection, and reasonable discipline of the child;
(2) the duty to provide the child with clothing, food, and shelter; and
(3) the right to consent to medical, dental, and surgical treatment during an emergency involving an immediate danger to the health and safety of the child.
(b) A nonparent possessory conservator has any other right or duty specified in the order.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.048, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.153.htm
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Cited by 2 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Fam. Code § 153.376. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 153.704APPOINTING DESIGNATED PERSON TO EXERCISE VISITATION FOR CONSERVATOR WITH EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO DESIGNATE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF CHILD IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.Printed as Section 153.376(a)
- Tex. Fam. Code § 153.705APPOINTING DESIGNATED PERSON TO EXERCISE VISITATION FOR CONSERVATOR WITHOUT EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO DESIGNATE PRIMARY RESIDENCE OF CHILD.Printed as Section 153.376(a)
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