Tex. Fam. Code § 107.1101 · Subchapter D. CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATION
EFFECT OF POTENTIALLY UNDIAGNOSED SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "serious mental illness" has the meaning assigned by Section 1355.001, Insurance Code.
(b) If a child custody evaluator identifies the presence of a potentially undiagnosed serious mental illness experienced by an individual who is a subject of the child custody evaluation and the evaluator is not qualified by the evaluator's licensure, experience, and training to assess a serious mental illness, the evaluator shall make one or more appropriate referrals for a mental examination of the individual and may request additional orders from the court.
(c) The child custody evaluation report must include any information that the evaluator considers appropriate under the circumstances regarding the possible effects of an individual's potentially undiagnosed serious mental illness on the evaluation and the evaluator's recommendations.
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History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1252 (H.B. 1449), Sec. 1.12, eff. September 1, 2015.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 257 (H.B. 1501), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.
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