What are conservatorship orders?
The Texas Family Code speaks in terms of post divorce conservatorship of children, meaning the legal status between the children and their parents after the divorce and relates to controlling the children’s lives, having possession at and access to the children, and supporting the children. The Code expressly sets out a non-exclusive list of the rights, privileges, duties and powers of parents. In a nutshell, these rights and duties may be categorized into three areas: (1) the right to make major decisions regarding the children; (2) the right to have physical possession of the children; and (3) the duty to financially support the children. Conservatorship orders divide these various rights and duties among the parents after the divorce.
