Tex. Codes » Family Code · TITLE 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · SUBTITLE B. SUITS AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · CHAPTER 153. CONSERVATORSHIP, POSSESSION, AND ACCESS
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Tex. Fam. Code § 153.006 (2026)

Appointment Of Possessory Conservator

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Sec. 153.006. APPOINTMENT OF POSSESSORY CONSERVATOR. (a) If a managing conservator is appointed, the court may appoint one or more possessory conservators.

(b) The court shall specify the rights and duties of a person appointed possessory conservator.

(c) The court shall specify and expressly state in the order the times and conditions for possession of or access to the child, unless a party shows good cause why specific orders would not be in the best interest of the child.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 34 cases (14 in the last 5 years), 1997–2025 · leading case: In the Interest of Walters, 39 S.W.3d 280 (Tex. App. 2001).
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In the Interest of Walters, 39 S.W.3d 280 (Tex. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “Tex.Fam.Code Ann. § 153.131(a) (Vernon Supp.”
Blackwell v. Humble, 241 S.W.3d 707 (Tex. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 153.006 (West 2002).”
Phillips v. Beaber, 995 S.W.2d 655 (Tex. 1999). “Laws 717 , codified as amended at Tex. Fam.Code § 153.006. Instead, the Family Code presumed that one parent would have a custodial relationship with the child as its sole managing conservator, while the other parent would be named a possessory conservator, exercising specified…”
in the Interest of J.Y., G.Y., & B.Y., Child., 528 S.W.3d 679 (Tex. App. 2017). “” Tex. Fam. Code Ann. § 153.006 (c) (West 2014).”
In the Interest of A.P.S., 54 S.W.3d 493 (Tex. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 153.006(c) (Vernon 1996).”
in the Interest of P.M.W. & J.A.J., Child., 559 S.W.3d 215 (Tex. App. 2018). “) (quoting TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 153.006(c) (West 2014)).”
Pagliaro v. Jones, 817 A.2d 756 (Conn. App. Ct. 2003). “See Tex. Family Code Ann. § 153.006 (Vernon 1996).”
in the Interest of J.J.R.S. & L.J.R.S., Child. (Tex. 2021). · cites it 8× “B Mother argues that Texas Family Code section 153.006(c) must have intended to permit courts to issue less specific orders, if specificity is not in the child’s best interest, but that less specificity does not mean no specificity.”
Fowler v. Jones, 949 S.W.2d 442 (Tex. App. 1997). “See Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 153.006 (West 1996).”
in the Matter of M.A.H. & S.J.B., Child., 224 S.W.3d 838 (Tex. App. 2007). “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 153.006(c) (Vernon 2002).”
In Re Aps, 54 S.W.3d 493 (Tex. App. 2001). · cites it 2× “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 153.006(c) (Vernon 1996).”
in the Interest of J.J.R.S. & L.J.R.S. (Tex. App. 2020). · cites it 3× “See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 153.006 (Appointment of Possessory Conservator).”
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— Tex. Fam. Code § 153.006(a) — 4 cases
In the Interest of Walters, 39 S.W.3d 280 (Tex. App. 2001). “Tex.Fam.Code Ann. § 153.131(a) (Vernon Supp.”
in the Interest of M.K.T., a Child (Tex. App. 2022).
in the Interest of N.H., a Child (Tex. App. 2022).
In the Interest of L. S. & O.S. Child. v. the State of Texas (Tex. App. 2024).
— Tex. Fam. Code § 153.006(c) — 16 cases
In the Interest of Walters, 39 S.W.3d 280 (Tex. App. 2001). “Tex.Fam.Code Ann. § 153.131(a) (Vernon Supp.”
In the Interest of A.P.S., 54 S.W.3d 493 (Tex. App. 2001). “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 153.006(c) (Vernon 1996).”
in the Interest of P.M.W. & J.A.J., Child., 559 S.W.3d 215 (Tex. App. 2018). “) (quoting TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 153.006(c) (West 2014)).”
in the Interest of J.J.R.S. & L.J.R.S., Child. (Tex. 2021). “B Mother argues that Texas Family Code section 153.006(c) must have intended to permit courts to issue less specific orders, if specificity is not in the child’s best interest, but that less specificity does not mean no specificity.”
in the Matter of M.A.H. & S.J.B., Child., 224 S.W.3d 838 (Tex. App. 2007). “Tex. Fam.Code Ann. § 153.006(c) (Vernon 2002).”
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