Managing Conservator

File a Petition For Conservatorship with the court: File a Confidential Supplemental Information Form: File a Confidential Conservatorship Screening Form: File a Duties of Conservator Form: Serve Notice on the Conservatee: Provide Notice to the Conservatee's Relatives:

N a word: no. Despite the sound of the term, the court did not grant one parent sole or exclusive custody of the child when it ordered one parent as the sole managing conservator.

Managing conservatorship means mostly what other states call custody; it can be held jointly by both parents or solely by one; the court will divide duties and rights between joint conservators. Possessory conservatorship means visitation; also called access or possession.

First of all, you need to petition (ask) the court in your Original Petition for Divorce or Original Petition in Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship (SAPCR) to be named as the sole managing conservator of your child. Without doing so, you cannot just magically appear in a trial and ask for it then.

A conservator, also known in Texas as a guardian of the estate, has the authority over a person's finances. The minor or protected person is known as the ward. To be appointed as a conservator, you must file a petition with the probate court. The ward or other interested person can challenge the petition.

A Sole Managing Conservator has the exclusive right to make most decisions about the child. Reasons a judge might name a parent (or nonparent) Sole Managing Conservator include: family violence by the other parent. child abuse or neglect by the other parent.

The out-of-pocket costs to begin a conservatorship are the filing fee, which ranges from $278 to $1,176 (in 2019) depending on the amount of assets, plus the expenses for having the respondent personally served, getting certified copies from the court, etc., which are usually around $200.