Training Wheels Needed: Balancing the Parental Presumption, the Best Interest Standard, and the Need to Protect Children
Date
2011
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Texas Tech Law Review
Abstract
Explore the present state of joint parent and nonparent conservatorship in Texas. Advocates for two possible remedies: the reaffirmation of Brook v. Brook, the leading case allowing nonparent managing conservatorship without proof that both of a child's parents are harmful, and the codification of a psychological parent statute in Texas.
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Parental presumption, Best Interest Standard in Texas, Texas Family Code § 14. 01 (a)-(b), Brook v. Brook, Conservatorship hearing, Texas Family Code § 153.131, De facto parent, Equitable adoption under the Texas Probate Code, Troxel v. Granville
Citation
Lauren Valastro, Training Wheels Needed: Balancing the Parental Presumption, the Best Interest Standard, and the Need to Protect Children, 44 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 503 (2011-2012)