Tex. Fam. Code § 107.154 · Subchapter E. ADOPTION EVALUATION
ADOPTION EVALUATOR: MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Full-time experience" means a period during which a person works at least 30 hours per week.
(2) "Human services field of study" means a field of study designed to prepare a person in the disciplined application of counseling, family therapy, psychology, or social work values, principles, and methods.
(b) To be qualified to conduct an adoption evaluation under this subchapter, a person must:
(1) have a degree from an accredited college or university in a human services field of study and a license to practice in this state as a social worker, professional counselor, marriage and family therapist, or psychologist and:
(A) have one year of full-time experience working at a child-placing agency conducting child-placing activities; or
(B) be practicing under the direct supervision of a person qualified under this section to conduct adoption evaluations;
(2) be employed by or under contract with a domestic relations office, provided that the person conducts adoption evaluations relating only to families ordered to participate in adoption evaluations conducted by the domestic relations office; or
(3) be qualified as a child custody evaluator under Section 107.104.
(c) In addition to the other qualifications prescribed by this section, an individual must complete at least eight hours of family violence dynamics training provided by a family violence service provider to be qualified to conduct an adoption evaluation under this subchapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1252 (H.B. 1449), Sec. 1.18, eff. September 1, 2015.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 316 (H.B. 5), Sec. 4(a), eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.107.htm
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- Tex. Fam. Code § 107.153ORDER FOR ADOPTION EVALUATION.Printed as Section 107.154
- Tex. Fam. Code § 107.155EXCEPTION TO QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED TO CONDUCT ADOPTION EVALUATION.Printed as Section 107.154
- Tex. Fam. Code § 107.158GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO CONDUCT OF ADOPTION EVALUATOR AND PREPARATION OF REPORTS.Printed as Section 107.154
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