In re R.D.Y.

Justice HECHT, joined by Justice OWEN and Justice JEFFERSON,

dissenting from the denial of the motion for rehearing of the denial of the petition for review.

The issue raised by this petition for review is whether, or under what circumstances, it is permissible for a court to order that a parent’s possession of a child is solely at the discretion of a managing conservator. Because this is an important, recurring issue over which the courts of appeals are in disagreement, I would grant the petition.

Father, joined by the child’s maternal grandmother (“Grandmother”), moved to modify an order…