Tex. Fam. Code § 153.131 : FAMILY CODE — THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP — SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP — CONSERVATORSHIP, POSSESSION, AND ACCESS — PARENT APPOINTED AS SOLE OR JOINT MANAGING CONSERVATOR — Presumption That Parent to Be Appointed Managing Conservator
(a) Subject to the prohibition in Section 153.004, unless the court finds that appointment of the parent or parents would not be in the best interest of the child because the appointment would significantly impair the child's physical health or emotional development, a parent shall be appointed sole managing conservator or both parents shall be appointed as joint managing conservators of the child.
(b) It is a rebuttable presumption that the appointment of the parents of a child as joint managing conservators is in the best interest of the child. A finding of a history of family violence involving the parents of a child removes the presumption under this subsection.
Tex. Fam. Code § 153.131
Amended By Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1193, Sec. 20, eff. 9/1/1997.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 32, eff. 9/1/1995
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. 4/20/1995.