Attorneys say mother, state agreed to permanent conservatorship in Grimsley case; judge takes terms under advisement

Attorneys in a High Plains Child Protection Court hearing announced an agreement that would give the mother permanent managing conservatorship of Gabrielle Grimsley’s child while keeping the incarcerated father as a possessory parent subject to a strict no-contact order. The court did not enter a final order and the judge said she would take the parties’ proposal under advisement.

Daniel Trapp, attorney for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, told the court the parties had negotiated terms that would "for mom to have permanent managing conservatorship of the child. Dad, even though he's incarcerated, we'd keep him as a possessory, but we would ask…