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D EFINITIONS AND I NSTRUCTIONS —SAPCR

PJC 215.10

joint managing conservatorship between the parent and the third party; because there is no contest between aligned parties, no instruction regarding this joint managing con servatorship is appropriate.) If only one parent and at least one nonparent contest managing conservatorship and at least one party seeks joint managing conservatorship, the instruction in PJC 215.10B should be given in conjunction with the instruction in PJC 215.8 or 215.14 (preference for appointment of parent as managing conservator). If only nonparents seek managing conservatorship. The same requirement of a contest between opposing litigants applies when joint managing conservatorship is disputed between nonparents. When one nonparent seeks a joint managing conserva torship with another nonparent who opposes that outcome, the instruction in PJC 215.10B should be given. If no child twelve or older. Item 6 in the list of factors should be omitted if there is no jury question concerning conservatorship of any child twelve years of age or older.

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