Child Custody: What is child custody in Texas?
If you and your spouse agree on custody, the Court will almost always approve your written agreement, which is within reason. The person with primary custody in Texas is called “the managing conservator”, and the visiting parent is labeled the “possessory conservator”. Texas now has a presumption of “joint managing conservatorship” and allow for one of the parents to be designated as the primary custodian under the arrangement. Even in joint conservatorship cases, the court is still usually obligated to have one of the parents pay child support to the primary custodian and to order a visitation schedule for the non-custodial parent. Contested Child Custody. If there is a contest as to which parent should be awarded custody of a child or children, the process is lengthy, cumbersome, emotionally strained, and even sometimes can be financially devastating.
