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A notarized child custody agreement is not enforceable by a court. A signed and notarized child custody agreement is enforceable as a contract between the parents, but the court will not enforce the agreement until it is incorporated into a court order.

At these hearings, you and your lawyer will have to show that you can take better care of the child than the other parent can, or the other parent is not able or willing to care for the child. Basically, you will have to prove that it's in the child's best interest for you to get sole custody rights in Texas.

A parent can sign an affidavit of voluntary relinquishment of parental rights if the parent agrees that a court should terminate his or her parental rights to a child. Note: A child must be at least 48 hours old before an affidavit of voluntary relinquishment of parental rights may be signed.

Any adult caregiver can be authorized to make decisions for a child using the Authorization Agreement for Nonparent Relative or Voluntary Caregiver form. A parent can sign an ?Authorization Agreement? form to give a close relative or approved nonrelative authority to care for and make decisions for a child.

The following are three methods parents may use to come to an agreement without going to the courtroom: mutual agreement, mediation and collaborative divorce.

If one parent keeps a child away from the other parent when there is not a court order, there is no way to force visitation to happen. Without a court order, neither parent can file an enforcement action. An enforcement action cannot be used to enforce an informal agreement between the parents.