Custody

Each conservator must notify the other conservator in any of the following circumstances:

1. S/he lives with for at least 30 days, marries, or intends to marry a person who s/he knows is:
   • a registered sex offender; or
   • currently charged with a crime that would require the person to register as a sex offender if convicted. Note: The notice must be given as soon as possible – at the latest, 40 days after they begin to live together or 10 days after they get married. The notice must include a description of the crime that led to (or could lead to) the sex offender registration;¹
2. S/he begins living with a person who s/he knows has a final protective order against him/her (filed by someone else) that is in effect on the date they begin living together. Note: The notice must be given as soon as possible – at the latest, 30 days after they begin to live together;²
3. S/he is living with a person against whom s/he gets a final protective after and s/he continues to live with that person even after 60 days have passed since the final protective order was issued. Note: The notice must be given as soon as possible – at the latest, 90 days after the date the final protective order was issued; or
4. S/he allows a person against whom s/he gets a final protective after to have unsupervised access to the child and s/he continues to allow that person to have unsupervised access even after 60 days have passed since the final protective order was issued. Note: The notice must be given as soon as possible – at the latest, 90 days after the date the final protective order was issued.³

If the conservator does not properly notify the other conservator within the timeframe required, as explained above, s/he can be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor crime.⁴

¹ Tex. Fam. Code § 153.076(b), (c)
² Tex. Fam. Code § 153.076(b-1)(1), (c-1)(1)
³ Tex. Fam. Code § 153.076(b-1)(2), (c-1)(2)
⁴ Tex. Fam. Code § 153.076(d)