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PJC 215.4

History or Pattern of Family Violence, History or Pattern of Child Abuse or Neglect, or Protective Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 [PJC 215.5 is reserved for expansion.] Rights of Parent Appointed Conservator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 No Discrimination Based on Sex or Marital Status. . . . . . . . . . . 127 Preference for Appointment of Parent as Managing Conservator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

PJC 215.6 PJC 215.7 PJC 215.8

PJC 215.9 Joint Managing Conservators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 PJC 215.10 Best Interest of Child—Joint Managing Conservatorship . . . . . 131 PJC 215.11 Sole Managing Conservator—Parent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 PJC 215.12 Managing Conservator—Nonparent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 PJC 215.13 Possessory Conservator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 PJC 215.14 Preference for Appointment of Parent as Managing Conservator—Voluntary Relinquishment of Custody to Nonparent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 PJC 215.15 Geographic Restriction on Child’s Primary Residence. . . . . . . . 144

C HAPTER 216 C ONSERVATORSHIP AND S UPPORT —O RIGINAL S UITS PJC 216.1

Sole or Joint Managing Conservatorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Sole Managing Conservatorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Possessory Conservatorship Contested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Grandparental Possession or Access—Original Suit (Comment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Terms and Conditions of Access, Support, and Conservatorship (Comment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

PJC 216.2 PJC 216.3 PJC 216.4

PJC 216.5

C HAPTER 217 M ODIFICATION OF C ONSERVATORSHIP AND S UPPORT PJC 217.1 Modification of Sole Managing Conservatorship to

Another Sole Managing Conservator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Modification of Sole Managing Conservatorship to Joint Managing Conservatorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Modification of Joint Managing Conservatorship to Sole Managing Conservatorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

PJC 217.2

PJC 217.3

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