Tex. Fam. Code § 107.114 · Subchapter D. CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATION
INTRODUCTION AND PROVISION OF CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATION REPORT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Disclosure to the court or the jury of the contents of a child custody evaluation report prepared under Section 107.113 is subject to the rules of evidence.
(a-1) Unless the child custody evaluator is appointed under Section 107.106, the court may not admit into evidence a child custody evaluation report prepared under Section 107.113 if:
(1) the child who is the subject of the report has an intellectual disability or developmental disability; and
(2) on the date the evaluation that is the subject of the report was made, the child custody evaluator had not satisfied the training requirement under Section 107.104(f).
(b) Unless the court has rendered an order restricting disclosure, a private child custody evaluator shall provide to the attorneys of the parties to a suit, any party who does not have an attorney, and any other person appointed by the court under this chapter in a suit a copy of the child custody evaluation report before the earlier of:
(1) the third day after the date the child custody evaluation report is completed; or
(2) the 30th day before the date of commencement of the trial.
(c) A child custody evaluator who conducts a child custody evaluation as an employee of or under contract with a domestic relations office shall provide to the attorneys of the parties to a suit and any person appointed in the suit under this chapter a copy of the child custody evaluation report before the earlier of:
(1) the seventh day after the date the child custody evaluation report is completed; or
(2) the fifth day before the date the trial commences.
(d) A child custody evaluator who conducts a child custody evaluation as an employee of or under contract with a domestic relations office shall provide a copy of the report to a party to the suit as provided by the local rules and policies of the office or by a court order.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Redesignated and amended from Family Code, Section 107.055 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1252 (H.B. 1449), Sec. 1.16, eff. September 1, 2015.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 257 (H.B. 1501), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 401 (H.B. 2340), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.107.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 679cad259af23a7ae3b8a504531326c65fbf47bef27108412e12840b46135615
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 107.104CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATOR: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS.Printed as Section 107.104(f)
- Tex. Fam. Code § 107.106EXCEPTION TO QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO CONDUCT CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATION.Printed as Section 107.106
- Tex. Fam. Code § 107.113CHILD CUSTODY EVALUATION REPORT REQUIRED.Printed as Section 107.113
Cited by 1 provision
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Fam. Code § 107.114. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.