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Texas Family Code - Section 161.207. Appointment Of Managing Conservator On Termination

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§ 161.207. APPOINTMENT OF MANAGING CONSERVATOR ON 
TERMINATION.  (a) If the court terminates the parent-child 
relationship with respect to both parents or to the only living 
parent, the court shall appoint a suitable, competent adult, the 
Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, a licensed 
child-placing agency, or an authorized agency as managing 
conservator of the child.  An agency designated managing 
conservator in an unrevoked or irrevocable affidavit of 
relinquishment shall be appointed managing conservator.
	(b)  The order of appointment may refer to the docket number 
of the suit and need not refer to the parties nor be accompanied by 
any other papers in the record.

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

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