Brook v. Brook

in which all Justices join.

In this child custody dispute we are concerned with the type of finding required for appointment of a parent and a nonparent to be joint managing conservators under section 14.01(b)(1) of the Texas Family Code. The trial court appointed the mother and the maternal grandparents as joint managing conservators. Like the court of appeals, 865 S.W.2d 166, we affirm.

After Jerry Brook filed for divorce in 1989, his wife Bonnie filed a counterclaim seeking appointment as sole managing conservator of their daughter or, alternatively, joint managing conservator with her…