What is Permanent Managing Conservatorship (PMC)?
Permanent Managing Conservatorship (PMC) is a when a court has decided to appoint a person to be legally responsible for (managing conservator for) a child. The court can award PMC to someone other than a parent, including DFPS, a relative, or a foster parent. The court order ultimately determines the rights and responsibilities of the PMC, depending upon the specific situation of the case. When someone other than a parent is named as PMC for a child, he or she is given certain rights and duties regarding the child. If the court order does not contain any specific limitation, the general rights and duties of a PMC are listed in the Texas Family Code, Section 153.371 as follows: • The right to have physical possession of the child and to direct the moral and religious training of the child; • The duty of care, control, protection and reasonable discipline of the child; • The duty to provide the child with clothing, food, shelter, education, and medical, psychological, and dental care; •
