What You Are Asking For

a. Conservatorship

a. Mother and Father Joint Managing Conservators of the child(ren) with: Check this if you want both parents to share legal decision-making for the children. Then fill in the boxes below to set the details. a-1. Father having the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child(ren) within the following geographic area: Check this if you want the father to decide where the children mainly live. Then pick the area below. this county. Check this to limit where the children live to this county only. this county or in counties adjacent to this county. Check this to allow the children to live in this county or any county next to it. Texas. Check this to allow the children to live anywhere in Texas. anywhere. Check this to allow the children to live anywhere, with no area limit. other Check this if you want a different area than the options listed. Describe it in the box. other _______________________. Write the specific area where the children may live, such as a city or group of counties. a-2. Mother having the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the child(ren) within the following geographic area: Check this if you want the mother to decide where the children mainly live. Then pick the area below. this county. Check this to limit where the children live to this county only. this county or county adjacent to this county. Check this to allow the children to live in this county or any county next to it. Texas. Check this to allow the children to live anywhere in Texas. anywhere. Check this to allow the children to live anywhere, with no area limit. other: Check this if you want a different area than the options listed. Describe it in the box. other: _______________________. Write the specific area where the children may live, such as a city or group of counties. a-3. Neither parent having the exclusive right to designate the primary residence of the children but both parents ordered not to remove the children's primary residence from the following specific geographic area: Check this if neither parent alone decides where the children live, but both must keep the children inside a set area. Then pick the area below. this school district: Check this to keep the children's home within a specific school district. Then name the district. this school district: _______________________ Write the name of the school district where the children's home must stay. this county. Check this to keep the children's home within this county only. this county or county adjacent to this county. Check this to keep the children's home in this county or any county next to it. other: Check this if you want a different area than the options listed. Describe it in the box. other: _____________. Write the specific area where the children's home must stay. a-4. Father having the exclusive right to designate the school the child(ren) will attend and to enroll the child(ren) in the school, subject to any eligibility or admissions requirements, within the following geographic area: Check this if you want the father to choose and enroll the children in school. Then pick the area below. this county. Check this to limit school choice to this county only. this county or in counties adjacent to this county. Check this to allow schools in this county or any county next to it. Texas. Check this to allow schools anywhere in Texas. anywhere. Check this to allow schools anywhere, with no area limit. other Check this if you want a different area than the options listed. Describe it in the box. other _______________________. Write the specific area where the children may attend school. a-5. Mother having the exclusive right to designate the school the child(ren) will attend and to enroll the child(ren) in the school, subject to any Check this if you want the mother to choose and enroll the children in school. The area options continue on the next page. this school district: Check this if you want the parent's choice of school limited to one specific school district. Write the district name in the next box. this school district: Write the name of the school district where the child(ren) must go to school. this county. Check this if the parent's choice of school should be limited to this county. this county or county adjacent to this county. Check this if the parent can choose a school in this county or any county that touches it. other: Check this if you want to name a different area for school choice. Describe it in the next box. other: Describe the area where the child(ren) must go to school. Neither parent having the exclusive right to designate the school the child(ren) will attend and to enroll the child(ren) in the school, subject to any eligibility or admissions requirements, but both parents ordered not to remove the child(ren)'s school from the following specific geographic area: Check this if neither parent gets to pick the school alone, but both parents must keep the school within a set area. this school district: Check this if the school must stay in one specific school district. Write the district name in the next box. this school district: Write the name of the school district where the child(ren)'s school must stay. this county. Check this if the child(ren)'s school must stay within this county. this county or county adjacent to this county. Check this if the school must stay in this county or any county that touches it. other: Check this if you want to name a different area for the school. Describe it in the next box. other: Describe the area where the child(ren)'s school must stay. Mother Sole Managing Conservator of the child(ren). Check this if you want the mother to be the only parent who makes major decisions for the child(ren). Father Sole Managing Conservator of the child(ren). Check this if you want the father to be the only parent who makes major decisions for the child(ren). Nonparent Sole Managing Conservator of the child(ren). Check this if you want someone who is not the parent to be the only person making major decisions for the child(ren). Nonparent Sole Managing Conservator of the child(ren). Write the full name of the non-parent who should make the decisions. Nonparent Joint Managing Conservators of the child(ren). Check this if you want two non-parents to share making major decisions for the child(ren). Nonparent Joint Managing Conservators of the child(ren). Write the full name of the first non-parent who will share decision-making. Nonparent Joint Managing Conservators of the child(ren). Write the full name of the second non-parent who will share decision-making. I ask the Court to order that I have the exclusive right to apply for and renew passports for the child(ren). Check this only if you want to be the only one who can apply for and renew the child(ren)'s passports.

b. Possession & Access

Father should have "standard visitation." (See Texas Family Code Chapter 153, Subchapter F.) Check this if the father should follow the state's usual visitation schedule. Mother should have "standard visitation." (See Texas Family Code Chapter 153, Subchapter F.) Check this if the mother should follow the state's usual visitation schedule. "Standard visitation" would be unworkable or inappropriate. Possession and access to the children should be as follows: Check this if the normal schedule won't work for your situation. Explain your plan in the box below. Possession and access to the children should be as follows: Describe the visitation plan you want, including days, times, and how exchanges should happen. I do not have a protective order and I have not asked for one. Check this box if you do not have a protective order and have never asked a court for one. No one has a protective order against me or asked for one. Check this box if no one has a protective order against you and no one has asked for one against you. I filed paperwork at the courthouse asking for a protective order, but a judge has not decided if I should get it. I asked for a protective order against Check this box if you asked the court for a protective order and are still waiting for the judge to decide. I asked for a protective order against Write the full name of the person you asked the court to protect you from. I asked for a protective order on ____ Date Filed Enter the date you filed the paperwork asking for the protective order. in ____ County Write the name of the county where you filed for the protective order. County, ____ State Write the name of the state where you filed for the protective order. The cause number of the protective order case is Write the case number for your protective order. You can find it on the court papers. The Respondent filed paperwork asking for a protective order, but a judge has not decided if the Respondent will get it. The Respondent asked for a protective order on Check this box if the other party asked the court for a protective order and is still waiting for the judge to decide. order on ____ Date Filed Enter the date the other party filed the paperwork asking for the protective order. in ____ County Write the name of the county where the other party filed for the protective order. County, ____ State Write the name of the state where the other party filed for the protective order. The Respondent asked for a protective order against Write the full name of the person the other party asked the court to protect them from. The cause number of the protective order case is Write the case number for the other party's protective order. You can find it on the court papers. I believe the child(ren) or I will be harassed, abused, seriously harmed, or injured if I am required to give the Respondent(s) the information checked below for myself and the child(ren): Check this box only if you fear harm and want to keep some of your contact information secret from the respondent. home address, Check this box to keep your home address private. mailing address, Check this box to keep your mailing address private. employer, Check this box to keep the name of your employer private. work address, Check this box to keep your work address private. home phone no., Check this box to keep your home phone number private. work phone no. Check this box to keep your work phone number private. social security no., Check this box to keep your Social Security number private. driver's license no., Check this box to keep your driver's license number private. email address. Check this box to keep your email address private.