What are Sole Managing Conservator, Possessory Conservator, and Joint Managing Conservator?
The old system of Texas law refers to Managing Conservators and Possessory Conservators. The Managing Conservator is the person who has the child most of the time and makes most of the important decisions about the child. The Possessory Conservator(s) is/are the person(s) who only have possession of the child, although they may be able to make emergency decisions in the absence of the managing conservator. The legislature amended the law to provide for Joint Managing Conservators. This augments rather than replaces the old system. Parties may choose (or courts may decide) whether to use the Managing/Possessory Conservatorship scheme or to appoint Joint Managing Conservators. Joint Managing Conservatorship is presumed to be in the best interests of the children. Under a Managing Conservator/Possessory Conservator scheme, the rights and responsibilities of each party are clearly laid out in the Family Code. But under a Joint Managing Conservatorship, there is a list of rights and respons
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